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How popular is the name Franklin?
Births per year, rank history and how many Franklins are alive today.
Franklin (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 287th in 2025 with 158 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 184 babies were given the name, the 260th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 346 in 2024 before climbing back to the 287th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years. Franklin is one spelling of a name also recorded as Franklyn; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Franklin include Frank.
Across all spellings of the name, the Franklin you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Franklins born in England and Wales are between 5 and 15, and there are at least 3,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1% chance that at least one of them will be called Franklin.
How many babies are named Franklin each year?
Includes all spellings: Franklin, Franklyn. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Franklin spelling rank?
Where does the Franklyn spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Franklin most popular?
Franklin peaked in 2017, when 198 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Franklin?
At least 3,100 people named Franklin in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Franklin?
Most living Franklins are between 5 and 15; the most common age is about 6.
Is Franklin becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.