Franko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FRAHN-koh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Franko is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “a Frank, free man”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Franko mean?
Germanic: Slavic and German form of Frank
“a Frank, free man”
Used in Croatian, Slovenian and German as a form of Frank or Francis.
Is Franko a girl's or a boy's name?
Franko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Franko in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 boys.
Franko in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
How popular is Franko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Franko, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Franko than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Franko in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Franko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
Names like Franko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Milo Hugo Enzo Nico Lando Albie Kairo Theo Arlo Hudson Jaxon Leonardo
Names related to Franko
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
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, “Franko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/franko, updated 20 October 2026.