Baby name

Franklin

Boy

Origin of the name

Franklin comes from a medieval English word for a free landowner. Benjamin Franklin and Franklin D. Roosevelt bore it.

Classic name

The high point came in 1933, with 5,363 births and the No. 33 spot that year. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 146 years out of 146. In 2025, it ranked No. 359.

141,728births since 1880

1930sgeneration

No. 33rank at its peak, in 1933

Where babies named Franklin are born

1933

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The darker the blue, the more common Franklin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Franklin is most common in West Virginia (3.4 times), South Carolina (2.5) and Virginia (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Franklyn 6,097

Names from the same era

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