Fielding
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 602since 1884
Fielding over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Fielding has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Fielding! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Fielding is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Fielding in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Fielding
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1885
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1885 at #700 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,475
- Highest: 1 in 13,475 boys born in 1885 were named Fielding (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 172,289 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 18.4% of all boys named Fielding (111) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #700 (1885) | #836 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 59 | #1,619 (1912) | #2,679 |
| 1920s | 69 | #2,229 (1924) | #3,122 |
| 1930s | 42 | #2,479 (1937) | #3,104 |
| 1940s | 58 | #2,337 (1949) | #2,923 |
| 1950s | 33 | #2,942 (1954) | #3,325 |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,604 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,724 (1970) | #4,724 |
| 1980s | 71 | #3,108 (1982) | #4,175 |
| 1990s | 33 | #6,128 (1992) | #7,457 |
| 2000s | 22 | #7,692 (2009) | #9,627 |
| 2010s | 111 | #5,733 (2014) | #7,225 |
| 2020s | 55 | #5,633 (2022) | #7,384 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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