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Franklin Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Franklin: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 141,728 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
141,728
Peak year
1933 #33
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
+14.4%

In the 1930s · Most used in WV in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011520#500
2012495#529
2013551#497
2014664#449
2015690#445
2016745#423
2017710#437
2018693#436
2019739#422
2020718#414
2021801#395
2022788#407
2023784#408
2024841#388
2025909#359

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1933

WV
340
PA
322
NC
309
AL
279
GA
274
VA
269

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