Frankie
Top 1000
About Frankie
Frankie is a vintage nickname name for girls, with a down-to-earth country feel. It's one of the hottest boyish nicknames for girls, in the forefront of that trend.
This renewed interest placed Frankie back in the US Top 1000 for girls in 2015 after a 41-year hiatus. It's still rising in the US for girls, now given to more than twice as many baby girls as boys. In England and Wales, Australia, and New Zealand, it's popular for both sexes but still slightly ahead for boys.
Drew Barrymore, who helped popularize and glamorize boyish names for girls, has a daughter named Frankie. On TV's Better Things, Pamela Adlon's middle daughter is named Frankie (sister to Max and Duke, both girls).
Pronounced FRAN-kee.
As of October 2026, Frankie ranked #552 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #231 in 1888, Nameberry popularity #608.
Editor's take: The name Frankie is a girl's name meaning "from France; free man".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,152 | 216 | 120.9 |
| 2015 | #986 | 274 | 153.5 |
| 2016 | #956 | 284 | 160.3 |
| 2017 | #843 | 323 | 187.1 |
| 2018 | #807 | 337 | 198.1 |
| 2019 | #738 | 384 | 228.8 |
| 2020 | #586 | 495 | 306.2 |
| 2021 | #590 | 507 | 309 |
| 2022 | #545 | 566 | 345.1 |
| 2023 | #539 | 560 | 349 |
| 2024 | #591 | 509 | 314.2 |
| 2025 | #552 | 549 | 341.6 |
World rankings
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Frankie on lists
Famous Frankies
- Frankie Abernathy
American reality TV personality ("The Real World: San Diego")
- Frankie Brown
Scottish football player
- Francine "Frankie" Valli
daughter of singer Frankie Valli
- Frankie
Minh Farrow, daughter of actress Mia Farrow
- Frankie
Jean Mary Sixx (b. 2000), daughter of singer Nikki Sixx and model/actress Donna D'Errico
- Frances Pen "Frankie" Benioff
daughter of actress Amanda Peet
- Frankie Louise Thurston
daughter of rugby league player Jonathan Thurston
- Frankie Jean O'Sullivan (b. 2010)
daughter of actress Bridget Regan and Eamon O'Sullivan
- Frankie Barrymore Kopelman (b. 2014)
daughter of actress Drew Barrymore and Chanel heir Will Kopelman
- Frankie Edgar (b. 2015)
daughter of singer Nikkie Leonti of Nikki & Rich and Ryan Edgar
- Frankie Afifi (b. 2016)
daughter of actress Sarah Chalke and Jamie Afifi
- Frankie Jane Clark (b.2019)
daughter of instagrammer Amber Fillerup Clark.
- Frankie Adams
New Zealand,Samoan actress
- Frankie Shaw
American actress
- Frankie Fine (b. 2019)
daughter of singer Cassie and Alex Fine
Frankie in pop culture
- Frankie Hughes
character in 2018 film Benji
- Francesca "Frankie" Doyle
main character on TV's "Wentworth"
- Francesca "Frankie" Alan
main character on TV's "Lip Service"
- Frankie
main character in film Dream for an Insomniac
- Frankie Paige
character in film "Stigmata"
- Frances "Frankie" Almond Smith
character in movie "The Hole"
- Frankie Stein
daughter of Frankenstein in "Monster High" show and series
- Francesca "Frankie" Sutton
from the movie "Set It Off"
- Frances "Frankie" Bergstein
character on TV's "Grace and Frankie"
- Francesca "Frankie" Hollingsworth
character on TV's "Degrassi"
- Frances "Frankie" Kane aka Magenta
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Frankie
character on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Frankie Wong
character on TV's "Bizaardvark"
- Frankie
Australian hipster women's fashion magazine
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Liverpool new wave band from the 1980s