Franklyn

Gender: Boy
Say it: FRANGK-lin
Origin: English
UK rank, 2025: #1,686 for boys
US rank, 2025: #4,395 for boys

Franklyn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “free landowner”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).

What does Franklyn mean?

English: spelling of Franklin

“free landowner”

Variant spelling of Franklin, from the medieval word for a free landowner.

Is Franklyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Franklyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 23 boys in the US.

How popular is Franklyn in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 1,686th among boys
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 50% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Franklyn, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 38 boys.

Half of all the boys named Franklyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 174 boys in the UK were given Franklyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #303, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.

Franklin 158
Franklyn 16

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 38 in 20152025

Franklyn in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	16	#1,686
2024	9	#2,515
2023	15	#1,715
2022	24	#1,229
2021	10	#2,257
2020	27	#1,105
2019	32	#994
2018	21	#1,327
2017	24	#1,222
2016	21	#1,347
2015	38	#891
2014	15	#1,650
2013	21	#1,290
2012	20	#1,342
2011	17	#1,489
2010	18	#1,452
2009	13	#1,760
2008	9	#2,212
2007	4	#3,748
2006	13	#1,558
2005	8	#2,090
2004	6	#2,399
2003	9	#1,723
2002	11	#1,384
2001	7	#1,833
2000	7	#1,775
1999	8	#1,582
1998	5	#2,170
1997	6	#1,853

How popular is Franklyn in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,395th among boys
Babies in 2025: 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 40% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Franklyn, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 1933, with 133 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885. 11 girls were also named Franklyn in 2025 (8,858th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Franklyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 932 boys in the US were given Franklyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #364, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.

Franklin 909
Franklyn 23

Girls were 6% of the babies named Franklyn in the US in 1932, and 32% in 2025.

1885Busiest: 133 in 19332025

Franklyn in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	23	#4,395
2024	12	#6,827
2023	17	#5,465
2022	25	#4,180
2021	24	#4,243
2020	28	#3,731
2019	26	#4,000
2018	33	#3,369
2017	23	#4,327
2016	23	#4,326
2015	23	#4,293
2014	20	#4,698
2013	20	#4,619
2012	31	#3,447
2011	24	#4,108
2010	45	#2,681
2009	30	#3,549
2008	54	#2,373
2007	40	#2,918
2006	44	#2,658
2005	40	#2,697
2004	38	#2,737
2003	35	#2,776
2002	32	#2,878
2001	39	#2,485
2000	39	#2,421
1999	42	#2,196
1998	52	#1,868
1997	54	#1,770
1996	39	#2,140
1995	50	#1,753
1994	49	#1,768
1993	49	#1,736
1992	43	#1,879
1991	58	#1,496
1990	64	#1,390
1989	74	#1,253
1988	54	#1,422
1987	56	#1,314
1986	38	#1,661
1985	35	#1,723
1984	47	#1,381
1983	46	#1,374
1982	36	#1,653
1981	40	#1,519
1980	36	#1,619
1979	32	#1,753
1978	35	#1,596
1977	35	#1,571
1976	40	#1,411
1975	26	#1,834
1974	33	#1,520
1973	37	#1,376
1972	39	#1,348
1971	38	#1,378
1970	50	#1,170
1969	61	#982
1968	43	#1,147
1967	38	#1,214
1966	40	#1,178
1965	48	#1,064
1964	45	#1,146
1963	48	#1,099
1962	45	#1,146
1961	45	#1,178
1960	49	#1,114
1959	46	#1,140
1958	53	#1,048
1957	54	#1,028
1956	64	#933
1955	69	#892
1954	66	#907
1953	54	#974
1952	53	#980
1951	54	#948
1950	58	#898
1949	72	#807
1948	71	#801
1947	66	#853
1946	52	#925
1945	77	#692
1944	44	#974
1943	67	#803
1942	91	#677
1941	66	#762
1940	80	#676
1939	77	#675
1938	73	#715
1937	72	#706
1936	77	#675
1935	95	#593
1934	84	#657
1933	133	#486
1932	78	#697
1931	55	#858
1930	75	#730
1929	73	#734
1928	62	#835
1927	71	#780
1926	82	#699
1925	89	#678
1924	68	#817
1923	95	#657
1922	95	#657
1921	94	#668
1920	76	#754
1919	84	#677
1918	84	#679
1917	89	#629
1916	57	#824
1915	70	#698
1914	55	#687
1913	40	#734
1912	23	#935
1911	15	#855
1910	15	#782
1909	7	#1,155
1908	11	#825
1907	10	#865
1906	6	#1,110
1905	8	#918
1904	5	#1,204
1903	9	#783
1902	5	#1,136
1901	7	#857
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	10	#700
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	5	#1,073
1893	6	#906
1892	7	#860
1891	0	–
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	5	#1,030
1887	0	–
1886	0	–
1885	6	#835

Nicknames for Franklyn

Frank 275 boys in the UK in 2025
Frankie 971 boys in the UK in 2025

Names like Franklyn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Freddie, Stanley, Frederick, Teddy, Chester, Tommy, Sidney, Leon, Harris, Arthur, Reuben, Harley

Other spellings of Franklyn

Franklin

More English names

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Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Franklyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/franklyn, updated 20 October 2026.