girls:
1.1k births since 1946
#4622 (19th percentile)
boys:
78 births since 1984
#4508 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1946
#6568 (15th percentile)
The name Franki is the #6,568 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,172 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 15.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,622 (19.1% percentile) for all time with 1,094 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,508 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 78 births since 1984.
Franki first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1984 for boys). Birth data for Franki is available in 71 out of the 78 years between 1946 and 2023 (70 years for girls and 11 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Franki has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Franki reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #834) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Franki ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 47.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Franki reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #865) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Franki".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Franki. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.3% confident that Franki is pronounced as FRANGK-ee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FRAN-kee, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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