Frankie

What Frankie means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Frankie yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 32% of US babies named Frankie in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Frankie?

US: Steady: #987 in 2015, #920 now. England & Wales: Steady: #57 in 2015, #56 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1945, when 578 boys got the name (#232 that year). First in the US records in 1897.

How common

• About 1 in 6,672 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 307 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 364 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Frankie is #920 in the US and #56 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 68.2% of US babies named Frankie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Franky

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Frankie

Boys

• Derek#284Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 8,365 babies; 1,191 in 2025
• Charles#48“free man”^*
• Jesse#184Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1981, with 10,443 babies; 2,002 in 2025
• Paul#262“small”^*
• Christopher#68“carrier of Christ”^*
• Jeremy#292Form of Jeremiah, meaning “Yahweh exalt”^*

For a sister

• Amy#257“beloved”^*
• Valerie#127Same root as Valeria, meaning “to be healthy, to be strong”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Molly#196Editor’s note Down from #144 in 2015 to #196 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Frankie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.