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Fritz: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 47 in 2025. Its best rank was #389 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #389 in 1888; #2,727 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Fritz in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,727 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #389.
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Fritz: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 47 boys in 2025. Peak: #389 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 107 (1956).
In 2025, 47 US boys were named Fritz, making it the 2,727th most common boys’ name of the year, down 215 places from #2,512 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 54 boys named Fritz in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #389, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 107, in 1956. For comparison, it was #2,781 in 2015 and #821 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fritz in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 18 babies with the name. In all, 6,683 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 879 babies named Fritz.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 521 US boys were named Fritz; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 63. In 2025 that was about 1 in 36,342 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Fritz ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #1,693 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Fritz in the open dataset we use.
Fritz is listed as a nickname for Frederick.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 6 | #1,693 | — |
| Texas | 6 | #2,372 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 47 | #2,727 |
| 2024 | — | — | 54 | #2,512 |
| 2023 | — | — | 60 | #2,328 |
| 2022 | — | — | 51 | #2,626 |
| 2021 | — | — | 51 | #2,560 |
| 2020 | — | — | 48 | #2,633 |
| 2019 | — | — | 60 | #2,298 |
| 2018 | — | — | 63 | #2,193 |
| 2017 | — | — | 37 | #3,146 |
| 2016 | — | — | 50 | #2,529 |
| 2015 | — | — | 43 | #2,781 |
| 2014 | — | — | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2013 | — | — | 41 | #2,819 |
| 2012 | — | — | 30 | #3,561 |
| 2011 | — | — | 47 | #2,598 |
| 2010 | — | — | 28 | #3,743 |
| 2009 | — | — | 32 | #3,422 |
| 2008 | — | — | 35 | #3,244 |
| 2007 | — | — | 30 | #3,537 |
| 2006 | — | — | 22 | #4,275 |
| 2005 | — | — | 22 | #4,100 |
| 2004 | — | — | 22 | #4,050 |
| 2003 | — | — | 28 | #3,311 |
| 2002 | — | — | 33 | #2,837 |
| 2001 | — | — | 24 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | — | — | 22 | #3,678 |
| 1999 | — | — | 23 | #3,416 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,223 |
| 1997 | — | — | 22 | #3,288 |
| 1996 | — | — | 24 | #3,053 |
| 1995 | — | — | 32 | #2,417 |
| 1994 | — | — | 21 | #3,260 |
| 1993 | — | — | 31 | #2,419 |
| 1992 | — | — | 26 | #2,697 |
| 1991 | — | — | 32 | #2,257 |
| 1990 | — | — | 43 | #1,820 |
| 1989 | — | — | 33 | #2,121 |
| 1988 | — | — | 39 | #1,778 |
| 1987 | — | — | 25 | #2,291 |
| 1986 | — | — | 41 | #1,602 |
| 1985 | — | — | 45 | #1,496 |
| 1984 | — | — | 38 | #1,587 |
| 1983 | — | — | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1982 | — | — | 48 | #1,371 |
| 1981 | — | — | 32 | #1,783 |
| 1980 | — | — | 39 | #1,554 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,728 |
| 1978 | — | — | 38 | #1,514 |
| 1977 | — | — | 37 | #1,523 |
| 1976 | — | — | 54 | #1,169 |
| 1975 | — | — | 43 | #1,328 |
| 1974 | — | — | 32 | #1,553 |
| 1973 | — | — | 54 | #1,111 |
| 1972 | — | — | 52 | #1,131 |
| 1971 | — | — | 64 | #1,020 |
| 1970 | — | — | 66 | #1,002 |
| 1969 | — | — | 57 | #1,021 |
| 1968 | — | — | 62 | #925 |
| 1967 | — | — | 60 | #937 |
| 1966 | — | — | 65 | #898 |
| 1965 | — | — | 71 | #871 |
| 1964 | — | — | 91 | #789 |
| 1963 | — | — | 77 | #860 |
| 1962 | — | — | 85 | #826 |
| 1961 | — | — | 87 | #817 |
| 1960 | — | — | 91 | #801 |
| 1959 | — | — | 90 | #807 |
| 1958 | — | — | 93 | #773 |
| 1957 | — | — | 103 | #739 |
| 1956 | — | — | 107 | #710 |
| 1955 | — | — | 87 | #781 |
| 1954 | — | — | 96 | #736 |
| 1953 | — | — | 90 | #751 |
| 1952 | — | — | 68 | #848 |
| 1951 | — | — | 76 | #807 |
| 1950 | — | — | 69 | #821 |
| 1949 | — | — | 65 | #850 |
| 1948 | — | — | 68 | #827 |
| 1947 | — | — | 61 | #893 |
| 1946 | — | — | 57 | #871 |
| 1945 | — | — | 55 | #847 |
| 1944 | — | — | 44 | #977 |
| 1943 | — | — | 59 | #873 |
| 1942 | — | — | 55 | #894 |
| 1941 | — | — | 62 | #801 |
| 1940 | — | — | 69 | #739 |
| 1939 | — | — | 72 | #702 |
| 1938 | — | — | 59 | #810 |
| 1937 | — | — | 77 | #683 |
| 1936 | — | — | 64 | #760 |
| 1935 | — | — | 79 | #671 |
| 1934 | — | — | 70 | #731 |
| 1933 | — | — | 63 | #771 |
| 1932 | — | — | 58 | #838 |
| 1931 | — | — | 70 | #734 |
| 1930 | — | — | 60 | #847 |
| 1929 | — | — | 60 | #848 |
| 1928 | — | — | 65 | #815 |
| 1927 | — | — | 71 | #784 |
| 1926 | — | — | 68 | #795 |
| 1925 | — | — | 60 | #859 |
| 1924 | — | — | 71 | #803 |
| 1923 | — | — | 63 | #854 |
| 1922 | — | — | 64 | #858 |
| 1921 | — | — | 64 | #871 |
| 1920 | — | — | 71 | #796 |
| 1919 | — | — | 55 | #902 |
| 1918 | — | — | 76 | #742 |
| 1917 | — | — | 75 | #701 |
| 1916 | — | — | 83 | #642 |
| 1915 | — | — | 78 | #659 |
| 1914 | — | — | 52 | #727 |
| 1913 | — | — | 44 | #684 |
| 1912 | — | — | 32 | #770 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #874 |
| 1910 | — | — | 14 | #838 |
| 1909 | — | — | 17 | #663 |
| 1908 | — | — | 17 | #640 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #567 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #959 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #718 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #919 |
| 1903 | — | — | 13 | #629 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #623 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #892 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #482 |
| 1899 | — | — | 18 | #443 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #551 |
| 1897 | — | — | 14 | #562 |
| 1896 | — | — | 15 | #542 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #536 |
| 1894 | — | — | 17 | #488 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #485 |
| 1892 | — | — | 23 | #397 |
| 1891 | — | — | 17 | #432 |
| 1890 | — | — | 16 | #468 |
| 1889 | — | — | 21 | #393 |
| 1888 | — | — | 23 | #389 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #430 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #521 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #447 |
| 1884 | — | — | 16 | #476 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #538 |
| 1882 | — | — | 21 | #394 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #669 |
| 1880 | — | — | 18 | #408 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).