Masculine dossier · first seen 1885

Franklyn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Franklyn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1933

Peak rank proxy

133

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1885Peak 19332024

Peak year

1933

Decline from peak

91%

2024

All-time

6,073

Franklyn has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1933, when 133 boys were named Franklyn.

In 2024, only 12 boys were given the name.

Down 91% from its peak.

All told, about 6,073 Americans have been named Franklyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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