Frank
A boys’ name of Germanic origin, meaning free man.
How Frank has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #355 |
| 2016 | #353 |
| 2017 | #373 |
| 2018 | #392 |
| 2019 | #403 |
| 2020 | #425 |
| 2021 | #444 |
| 2022 | #439 |
| 2023 | #468 |
| 2024 | #468 |
| 2025 | #514 |
Frank by the numbers
In 2025, 272 babies in England and Wales were named Frank. In the US, 881 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 17,017 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 37 American boys born that year was called Frank.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Frank. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Frankyfree man; a form of Frank or Francis21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Frankifree man; a form of Frank27 in the US (2017)
- Frankofrank free man; a form of Frank18 in the US (2017)
- Franzfree man; a form of Francis3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Franekfree one; a form of Francis5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fransfree; a form of Francis3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean freedom
Like Frank, each of these has freedom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Charlesfree man7,142 in the US (2017)
- Maverickindependent, unbranded4,737 in the US (2017)
- Charliefree man1,679 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carlosfree man; a form of Charles3,058 in the US (2017)
- Franciscofree man, frenchman; from Franciscus1,398 in the US (2017)
- Frankiefree man; a form of Frank887 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Frank
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