Franko

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A few things about Franko you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Franko

Franko Škugor

Croatian tennis player

Choose Franko and your child shares a first name with Franko Škugor, a Croatian tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Franko, like who?” Franko Škugor's Wikipedia article is available in 21 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 344,828 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Franko, 5 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Franko would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryFranko first shows up in US birth records in 1975, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 50 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1975, when it reached #4,309.
• 🍂TrendFranko has slipped 3,269 places over the last five years and now sits at #12,008. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Franko

Franko is a boy name of English and Latin origin. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with F and ending in “-nko”. US birth records list Franko for boys from 1975 to 2025, in 36 of those 51 years. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked #4,309 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #12,008, with 5 babies.

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