Frankie: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced FRANG-kee · 2 syllables

From Frank + -ie.

How popular is Frankie?

Frankie was the #551 name in the US in 2025, given to 805 babies. It’s rising: up 78% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1930.

Babies named Frankie in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1930).

Half of US adults named Frankie are older than 60; most are between 23 and 85. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Frankie have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Frankie is pronounced FRANG-kee.

Frankie was the #551 name in the US in 2025, given to 805 babies. It’s rising: up 78% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1930.

Half of US adults named Frankie are older than 60. Most are between 23 and 85.