How Many People Are Named Frank?

343,157

people named Frank are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 996 people in the US has this name

Based on 920,589 babies named Frank in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#143

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Boy Names

#72

See the top 100

Peak Year

1918

17,089 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.5%
Male
99.5%

Of the babies given the name Frank, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Frank alive today is about 59 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 46 and 73 in 2025.

Under 30 35,352
10.3%
30 to 59 114,902
33.5%
60 and over 192,903
56.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Frank first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 17,089 babies. In 2025, 584 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Frank reached #6 among boys' names in 1880 to 1892 and 1895, and was in the top 10 for 43 years, 1880 to 1922. In 2025 it ranked #514.

Boys
Rank in 2025#514
Best rank#6 (1880 to 1892 and 1895)
Years in the top 1043
Years in the top 100109 (1880 to 1988)
Rank in its biggest decade#12 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Frank alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Frank were born in New York than in any other state: about 50,611 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Frank was given 2 times as often in New Jersey, 1.7 times in Arizona and 1.7 times in Connecticut.

New York 50,611
California 40,276
Pennsylvania 24,789
Texas 21,312
New Jersey 20,771
Illinois 19,624
Ohio 15,167
Michigan 12,004
Florida 10,762
Massachusetts 8,841
Connecticut 6,434
Louisiana 6,345
Georgia 6,331
Virginia 5,717
North Carolina 5,423
Arizona 5,335
Missouri 5,165
Maryland 5,021
Alabama 4,897
Indiana 4,701
Tennessee 4,520
South Carolina 4,001
Mississippi 3,967
Wisconsin 3,881
Colorado 3,796
Washington 3,668
Kentucky 3,314
New Mexico 2,844
Minnesota 2,809
Oklahoma 2,461
West Virginia 2,389
Kansas 2,175
Rhode Island 1,963
Oregon 1,894
District of Columbia 1,892
Arkansas 1,881
Iowa 1,823
Nebraska 1,458
Utah 1,333
Maine 1,264
Hawaii 1,107
Nevada 1,003
Montana 865
Delaware 856
New Hampshire 776
Idaho 743
Alaska 706
North Dakota 456
South Dakota 446
Wyoming 445
Vermont 430

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