Thirty years of Frank
Frank in numbers
Frank has risen from 86 boys in 1996 to 272 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 360 in 2018. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2013 and 2016, from 219 to 326. On average it was given to 97 boys a year in the late 1990s, 143 in the 2000s, 278 in the 2010s and 278 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Franek (5). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Frank.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+6%256 to 272
- 5 years-11%305 to 272
- 10 years-11%306 to 272
- 20 years+63%167 to 272
- Since 1996×386 to 272
- Total, 1996 to 20256,264boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 186 · ONS · 256 in 2024
Rank 762 · NRS · 6 in 2024
Fewer than 3 babies, or not published · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | 272 | +6% | 1 in 1,106 |
| 2024 | 194 | 256 | -9% | 1 in 1,191 |
| 2023 | 183 | 281 | +5% | 1 in 1,078 |
| 2022 | =193 | 267 | -6% | 1 in 1,163 |
| 2021 | =192 | 285 | -7% | 1 in 1,123 |
| 2020 | =172 | 305 | -12% | 1 in 1,031 |
| 2019 | 158 | 345 | -4% | 1 in 954 |
| 2018 | 155 | 360 | +16% | 1 in 938 |
| 2017 | 181 | 311 | -5% | 1 in 1,119 |
| 2016 * | =175 | 326 | +7% | 1 in 1,092 |
| 2015 | 187 | 306 | +6% | 1 in 1,170 |
| 2014 | 197 | 290 | +32% | 1 in 1,230 |
| 2013 | =235 | 219 | -4% | 1 in 1,636 |
| 2012 | =226 | 227 | +15% | 1 in 1,649 |
| 2011 | =241 | 198 | +2% | 1 in 1,874 |
| 2010 | =239 | 195 | +13% | 1 in 1,902 |
| 2009 | =259 | 172 | +5% | 1 in 2,105 |
| 2008 | 266 | 164 | -13% | 1 in 2,213 |
| 2007 | =230 | 189 | +6% | 1 in 1,875 |
| 2006 | =228 | 178 | +7% | 1 in 1,924 |
| 2005 | 219 | 167 | +21% | 1 in 1,980 |
| 2004 | =237 | 138 | +13% | 1 in 2,379 |
| 2003 | =254 | 122 | +26% | 1 in 2,610 |
| 2002 | =287 | 97 | +2% | 1 in 3,155 |
| 2001 | =290 | 95 | -14% | 1 in 3,206 |
| 2000 | =255 | 111 | +10% | 1 in 2,789 |
| 1999 | =275 | 101 | -11% | 1 in 3,161 |
| 1998 | 255 | 114 | +31% | 1 in 2,859 |
| 1997 | =301 | 87 | +1% | 1 in 3,788 |
| 1996 | =292 | 86 | 1 in 3,878 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate