Frona vs Fronie
American parents have registered 873 Fronas since 1880, against 789 Fronies. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Frona Fronie
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 76 years in which either name was published, Frona for 45 years and Fronie for 31 years. The lead changed hands 36 times.
- 1880–1897 Frona ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1904–1919 Fronie ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1920–1936 Frona ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1945–1950 Fronie ahead
- 1951–1961 Frona ahead
27 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Frona | Fronie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 873 | 789 |
| Most in one year | 23 | 24 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 90 | 50 |
| Median age today | 79 | 81 |
| Peak year | 1894 | 1918 |
| Best rank | 609th girls | 1,645th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 873 / 0 | 789 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Fronies alive today are over 81; half the Fronas are over 79. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Frona and Fronie.