as a First Name
Pet form of Frank, also sometimes of Frances, Francesca, or Francine. As a girl's name, it is perhaps most familiar as the name of the heroine of American folk song The Ballad of Frankie and Johnny.
| 854th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 43,691
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 60,386
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Frankie per capita
- 1937
- marked the height of its popularity
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67%
46%
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36%
30-54
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9%
13-29
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