Frank remains a common boys' name (#513 in 2025), down from a peak of #6 in 1880.
Frank is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #514 for boy births in the United States (and #1,037 across all names), given to 584 babies. Frank first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (17,018 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 584 | 584 | — | #514 |
| 2024 | 658 | 658 | — | #469 |
| 2023 | 650 | 650 | — | #469 |
| 2022 | 708 | 708 | — | #440 |
| 2021 | 691 | 691 | — | #445 |
| 2020 | 694 | 694 | — | #428 |
| 2019 | 773 | 773 | — | #403 |
| 2018 | 807 | 807 | — | #392 |
| 2017 | 890 | 895 | — | #373 |
| 2016 | 957 | 965 | — | #353 |
| 2015 | 945 | 950 | — | #355 |
| 2014 | 991 | 996 | — | #336 |
| 2013 | 1,007 | 1,022 | — | #327 |
| 2012 | 985 | 996 | — | #320 |
| 2011 | 1,048 | 1,061 | — | #308 |
| 2010 | 1,077 | 1,089 | — | #302 |
| 2009 | 1,138 | 1,151 | — | #291 |
| 2008 | 1,228 | 1,243 | — | #278 |
| 2007 | 1,338 | 1,353 | #18,555 | #262 |
| 2006 | 1,401 | 1,418 | — | #246 |
| 2005 | 1,480 | 1,500 | — | #231 |
| 2004 | 1,466 | 1,488 | — | #230 |
| 2003 | 1,500 | 1,515 | — | #230 |
| 2002 | 1,587 | 1,613 | — | #216 |
| 2001 | 1,634 | 1,656 | — | #214 |
| 2000 | 1,708 | 1,731 | — | #209 |
| 1999 | 1,855 | 1,892 | — | #187 |
| 1998 | 1,889 | 1,928 | — | #177 |
| 1997 | 2,032 | — | #9,281 | #168 |
| 1996 | 2,158 | — | #9,044 | #162 |
| 1995 | 2,264 | — | #5,514 | #157 |
| 1994 | 2,491 | — | #7,257 | #141 |
| 1993 | 2,521 | — | #5,280 | #134 |
| 1992 | 2,763 | — | #10,855 | #125 |
| 1991 | 2,893 | — | #7,106 | #116 |
| 1990 | 3,201 | — | #6,592 | #109 |
| 1989 | 3,072 | — | #4,157 | #109 |
| 1988 | 3,288 | — | #4,911 | #99 |
| 1987 | 3,151 | — | #3,278 | #97 |
| 1986 | 3,210 | — | #2,927 | #91 |
| 1985 | 3,330 | — | #3,184 | #90 |
| 1984 | 3,358 | — | #3,103 | #86 |
| 1983 | 3,387 | — | #3,178 | #86 |
| 1982 | 3,633 | — | #3,041 | #81 |
| 1981 | 3,667 | — | #3,012 | #82 |
| 1980 | 3,761 | — | #3,151 | #81 |
| 1979 | 3,960 | — | #2,744 | #78 |
| 1978 | 3,805 | — | #2,760 | #77 |
| 1977 | 3,926 | — | #2,627 | #71 |
| 1976 | 3,928 | — | #2,678 | #68 |
| 1975 | 4,248 | — | #2,287 | #66 |
| 1974 | 4,409 | — | #1,940 | #65 |
| 1973 | 4,827 | — | #1,951 | #61 |
| 1972 | 5,208 | — | #1,931 | #56 |
| 1971 | 6,125 | — | #2,219 | #54 |
| 1970 | 6,854 | — | #1,810 | #48 |
| 1969 | 6,962 | — | #1,847 | #47 |
| 1968 | 6,945 | — | #1,688 | #49 |
| 1967 | 7,469 | — | #1,764 | #45 |
| 1966 | 7,816 | — | #2,211 | #43 |
| 1965 | 8,349 | — | #2,167 | #43 |
| 1964 | 9,364 | — | #2,163 | #41 |
| 1963 | 9,571 | — | #1,740 | #41 |
| 1962 | 9,803 | — | #1,765 | #42 |
| 1961 | 10,468 | — | #1,968 | #41 |
| 1960 | 10,792 | — | #1,860 | #40 |
| 1959 | 10,991 | — | #1,559 | #42 |
| 1958 | 11,379 | — | #1,454 | #38 |
| 1957 | 11,309 | — | #1,690 | #38 |
| 1956 | 11,195 | — | #1,603 | #38 |
| 1955 | 11,133 | — | #2,238 | #34 |
| 1954 | 11,033 | — | #1,653 | #36 |
| 1953 | 11,207 | — | #1,982 | #33 |
| 1952 | 11,295 | — | #1,953 | #32 |
| 1951 | 11,520 | — | #1,442 | #31 |
| 1950 | 11,636 | — | #1,737 | #29 |
| 1949 | 12,003 | — | #1,412 | #27 |
| 1948 | 12,729 | — | #1,684 | #25 |
| 1947 | 14,042 | — | #1,322 | #23 |
| 1946 | 12,718 | — | #1,212 | #22 |
| 1945 | 10,904 | — | #1,491 | #21 |
| 1944 | 11,380 | — | #1,261 | #21 |
| 1943 | 12,292 | — | #1,200 | #21 |
| 1942 | 12,291 | — | #1,214 | #21 |
| 1941 | 10,828 | — | #1,344 | #21 |
| 1940 | 10,631 | — | #1,227 | #20 |
| 1939 | 10,045 | — | #965 | #20 |
| 1938 | 10,298 | — | #1,190 | #18 |
| 1937 | 10,179 | — | #968 | #18 |
| 1936 | 10,237 | — | #963 | #16 |
| 1935 | 10,475 | — | #942 | #16 |
| 1934 | 10,694 | — | #942 | #16 |
| 1933 | 11,035 | — | #773 | #16 |
| 1932 | 11,565 | — | #835 | #15 |
| 1931 | 11,556 | — | #738 | #16 |
| 1930 | 12,623 | — | #746 | #13 |
| 1929 | 13,096 | — | #600 | #12 |
| 1928 | 13,676 | — | #681 | #12 |
| 1927 | 14,485 | — | #702 | #12 |
| 1926 | 14,586 | — | #744 | #12 |
| 1925 | 15,428 | — | #746 | #12 |
| 1924 | 16,138 | — | #768 | #12 |
| 1923 | 15,989 | — | #788 | #11 |
| 1922 | 16,090 | — | #837 | #10 |
| 1921 | 16,794 | — | #777 | #9 |
| 1920 | 16,495 | — | #907 | #9 |
| 1919 | 15,785 | — | #768 | #9 |
| 1918 | 17,089 | — | #856 | #9 |
| 1917 | 15,866 | — | #696 | #9 |
| 1916 | 15,375 | — | #738 | #9 |
| 1915 | 15,068 | — | #828 | #9 |
| 1914 | 12,048 | — | #868 | #9 |
| 1913 | 9,273 | — | #888 | #9 |
| 1912 | 7,941 | — | #948 | #9 |
| 1911 | 4,343 | — | #805 | #8 |
| 1910 | 3,789 | — | #954 | #8 |
| 1909 | 3,262 | — | #975 | #8 |
| 1908 | 3,168 | — | #840 | #8 |
| 1907 | 2,963 | — | #853 | #8 |
| 1906 | 2,813 | — | #976 | #8 |
| 1905 | 2,859 | — | #787 | #8 |
| 1904 | 2,821 | — | #761 | #8 |
| 1903 | 2,662 | — | #819 | #8 |
| 1902 | 2,773 | — | #854 | #8 |
| 1901 | 2,423 | — | #708 | #8 |
| 1900 | 3,496 | — | #871 | #8 |
| 1899 | 2,571 | — | #688 | #8 |
| 1898 | 2,944 | — | #776 | #8 |
| 1897 | 2,743 | — | #772 | #7 |
| 1896 | 2,862 | — | #798 | #7 |
| 1895 | 3,039 | — | #581 | #6 |
| 1894 | 2,882 | — | #690 | #7 |
| 1893 | 2,937 | — | #647 | #7 |
| 1892 | 3,175 | — | #557 | #6 |
| 1891 | 2,674 | — | #563 | #6 |
| 1890 | 3,112 | — | #436 | #6 |
| 1889 | 2,992 | — | #626 | #6 |
| 1888 | 3,480 | — | #556 | #6 |
| 1887 | 2,902 | — | #515 | #6 |
| 1886 | 3,149 | — | #467 | #6 |
| 1885 | 3,085 | — | #509 | #6 |
| 1884 | 3,239 | — | #440 | #6 |
| 1883 | 3,003 | — | #469 | #6 |
| 1882 | 3,187 | — | #579 | #6 |
| 1881 | 2,843 | — | #596 | #6 |
| 1880 | 3,255 | — | #479 | #6 |