girls:
266 births since 1912
#5450 (5th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2006
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
272 births since 1912
#7467 (3rd percentile)
The name Frankye is the #7,467 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 272 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 3.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,450 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 266 births since 1912. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2006.
Frankye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 2006 for boys). Birth data for Frankye is available in 37 out of the 95 years between 1912 and 2006 (36 years for girls and 1 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 Frankye has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2006, 0.0% of babies named Frankye were girls. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1912 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1997 to 2006).
For girls, Frankye reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #612) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1960.
For boys, Frankye reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #874) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Frankye".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Frankye. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Frankye is pronounced as FRANGK-ee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FRAN-kee, at 24.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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