Fontaine
- Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Given to boys 59.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 200since 1928
Fontaine over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
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| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
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| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
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| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
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| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1928
The first year at least five boys were named Fontaine! It came in at #3,357, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Fontaine is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Fontaine in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Fontaine
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1952 at #2,680 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 126,295
- Highest: 1 in 126,295 boys born in 1978 were named Fontaine (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,680 in 1952, was only 1 in 215,959 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 36.0% of all boys named Fontaine (72) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
- Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #3,357 (1928) | #3,658 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,534 (1938) | #3,534 |
| 1940s | 14 | #2,788 (1948) | #3,043 |
| 1950s | 9 | #2,680 (1952) | #2,680 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,640 (1962) | #4,022 |
| 1970s | 72 | #2,946 (1974) | #3,889 |
| 1980s | 19 | #3,256 (1980) | #4,673 |
| 1990s | 29 | #6,128 (1992) | #8,151 |
| 2000s | 22 | #9,581 (2003) | #11,039 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,894 (2024) | #9,894 |
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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