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Fulton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 67 in 2025. Its best rank was #607 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #607 in 1887; #2,153 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Fulton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,153 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1887, at #607.
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Fulton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 67 boys in 2025. Peak: #607 in 1887 · most boys in one year: 73 (2024).
In 2025, 67 US boys were named Fulton, making it the 2,153rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 89 places from #2,064 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 73 boys named Fulton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #607, reached in 1887. The most boys given the name in a single year was 73, in 2024. For comparison, it was #3,260 in 2015 and #1,262 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fulton in 129 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 6 babies. In all, 2,882 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 392 babies named Fulton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 587 US boys were named Fulton; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 73. In 2025 that was about 1 in 25,494 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Fulton ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #672 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 7 | #672 | — |
| Texas | 7 | #2,156 | — |
| California | 5 | #2,584 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 67 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | — | — | 73 | #2,064 |
| 2023 | — | — | 53 | #2,521 |
| 2022 | — | — | 60 | #2,360 |
| 2021 | — | — | 70 | #2,084 |
| 2020 | — | — | 69 | #2,054 |
| 2019 | — | — | 66 | #2,153 |
| 2018 | — | — | 34 | #3,322 |
| 2017 | — | — | 53 | #2,430 |
| 2016 | — | — | 42 | #2,853 |
| 2015 | — | — | 35 | #3,260 |
| 2014 | — | — | 55 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | — | — | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2012 | — | — | 30 | #3,562 |
| 2011 | — | — | 24 | #4,146 |
| 2010 | — | — | 14 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | — | — | 14 | #6,203 |
| 2008 | — | — | 11 | #7,364 |
| 2007 | — | — | 9 | #8,411 |
| 2006 | — | — | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2005 | — | — | 19 | #4,531 |
| 2004 | — | — | 13 | #5,915 |
| 2003 | — | — | 15 | #5,120 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,232 |
| 2001 | — | — | 10 | #6,613 |
| 2000 | — | — | 18 | #4,271 |
| 1999 | — | — | 12 | #5,425 |
| 1998 | — | — | 9 | #6,482 |
| 1997 | — | — | 10 | #5,783 |
| 1996 | — | — | 14 | #4,459 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,608 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,016 |
| 1993 | — | — | 8 | #6,411 |
| 1992 | — | — | 7 | #6,928 |
| 1991 | — | — | 13 | #4,311 |
| 1990 | — | — | 7 | #6,665 |
| 1989 | — | — | 12 | #4,358 |
| 1988 | — | — | 9 | #4,924 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #7,336 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,234 |
| 1985 | — | — | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1983 | — | — | 6 | #5,715 |
| 1982 | — | — | 5 | #6,689 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,115 |
| 1980 | — | — | 10 | #3,940 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #6,387 |
| 1978 | — | — | 6 | #5,311 |
| 1977 | — | — | 8 | #4,313 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #3,821 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,800 |
| 1974 | — | — | 5 | #5,483 |
| 1973 | — | — | 8 | #3,814 |
| 1972 | — | — | 12 | #2,883 |
| 1971 | — | — | 13 | #2,729 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,594 |
| 1968 | — | — | 7 | #3,473 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #1,993 |
| 1966 | — | — | 18 | #1,839 |
| 1965 | — | — | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1964 | — | — | 13 | #2,352 |
| 1963 | — | — | 18 | #1,921 |
| 1962 | — | — | 18 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | — | — | 23 | #1,708 |
| 1960 | — | — | 13 | #2,357 |
| 1959 | — | — | 27 | #1,532 |
| 1958 | — | — | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1957 | — | — | 24 | #1,646 |
| 1956 | — | — | 22 | #1,691 |
| 1955 | — | — | 21 | #1,699 |
| 1954 | — | — | 35 | #1,280 |
| 1953 | — | — | 34 | #1,294 |
| 1952 | — | — | 27 | #1,470 |
| 1951 | — | — | 26 | #1,472 |
| 1950 | — | — | 33 | #1,262 |
| 1949 | — | — | 38 | #1,152 |
| 1948 | — | — | 36 | #1,203 |
| 1947 | — | — | 32 | #1,307 |
| 1946 | — | — | 28 | #1,338 |
| 1945 | — | — | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,346 |
| 1943 | — | — | 37 | #1,130 |
| 1942 | — | — | 29 | #1,304 |
| 1941 | — | — | 24 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | — | — | 20 | #1,534 |
| 1939 | — | — | 25 | #1,335 |
| 1938 | — | — | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1937 | — | — | 27 | #1,292 |
| 1936 | — | — | 20 | #1,518 |
| 1935 | — | — | 21 | #1,512 |
| 1934 | — | — | 24 | #1,400 |
| 1933 | — | — | 22 | #1,472 |
| 1932 | — | — | 25 | #1,400 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,877 |
| 1930 | — | — | 21 | #1,616 |
| 1929 | — | — | 40 | #1,098 |
| 1928 | — | — | 39 | #1,135 |
| 1927 | — | — | 32 | #1,302 |
| 1926 | — | — | 35 | #1,228 |
| 1925 | — | — | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1924 | — | — | 30 | #1,363 |
| 1923 | — | — | 39 | #1,142 |
| 1922 | — | — | 36 | #1,206 |
| 1921 | — | — | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1920 | — | — | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1919 | — | — | 36 | #1,171 |
| 1918 | — | — | 35 | #1,182 |
| 1917 | — | — | 40 | #1,046 |
| 1916 | — | — | 41 | #1,005 |
| 1915 | — | — | 44 | #946 |
| 1914 | — | — | 24 | #1,199 |
| 1913 | — | — | 24 | #1,033 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #950 |
| 1911 | — | — | 21 | #698 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #797 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #774 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #853 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,408 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,305 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,272 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,058 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #969 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #749 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,221 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,051 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #951 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,134 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #607 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #896 |
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).