Fritz
#2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,683since 1880
Fritz over time
Rank among boys' names. Fritz has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | #2,502 | 54 |
| 2023 | #2,315 | 60 |
| 2022 | #2,616 | 51 |
| 2021 | #2,552 | 51 |
| 2020 | #2,617 | 48 |
| 2019 | #2,292 | 60 |
| 2018 | #2,189 | 63 |
| 2017 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | #2,518 | 50 |
| 2015 | #2,766 | 43 |
| 2014 | #2,929 | 39 |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 41 |
| 2012 | #3,530 | 30 |
| 2011 | #2,590 | 47 |
| 2010 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #3,399 | 32 |
| 2008 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 2007 | #3,511 | 30 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #3,280 | 28 |
| 2002 | #2,817 | 33 |
| 2001 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #2,399 | 31 |
| 1992 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | #2,106 | 33 |
| 1988 | #1,768 | 39 |
| 1987 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #1,485 | 45 |
| 1984 | #1,581 | 38 |
| 1983 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1982 | #1,362 | 48 |
| 1981 | #1,766 | 32 |
| 1980 | #1,547 | 39 |
| 1979 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #1,508 | 38 |
| 1977 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #1,163 | 54 |
| 1975 | #1,322 | 43 |
| 1974 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #1,108 | 54 |
| 1972 | #1,129 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,014 | 64 |
| 1970 | #1,000 | 66 |
| 1969 | #1,017 | 57 |
| 1968 | #920 | 62 |
| 1967 | #931 | 60 |
| 1966 | #895 | 65 |
| 1965 | #870 | 71 |
| 1964 | #788 | 91 |
| 1963 | #855 | 77 |
| 1962 | #822 | 85 |
| 1961 | #817 | 87 |
| 1960 | #799 | 91 |
| 1959 | #807 | 90 |
| 1958 | #771 | 93 |
| 1957 | #738 | 103 |
| 1956 | #710 | 107 |
| 1955 | #780 | 87 |
| 1954 | #735 | 96 |
| 1953 | #749 | 90 |
| 1952 | #845 | 68 |
| 1951 | #806 | 76 |
| 1950 | #819 | 69 |
| 1949 | #849 | 65 |
| 1948 | #824 | 68 |
| 1947 | #889 | 61 |
| 1946 | #869 | 57 |
| 1945 | #845 | 55 |
| 1944 | #974 | 44 |
| 1943 | #869 | 59 |
| 1942 | #888 | 55 |
| 1941 | #798 | 62 |
| 1940 | #738 | 69 |
| 1939 | #700 | 72 |
| 1938 | #808 | 59 |
| 1937 | #682 | 77 |
| 1936 | #756 | 64 |
| 1935 | #670 | 79 |
| 1934 | #730 | 70 |
| 1933 | #770 | 63 |
| 1932 | #836 | 58 |
| 1931 | #733 | 70 |
| 1930 | #841 | 60 |
| 1929 | #844 | 60 |
| 1928 | #814 | 65 |
| 1927 | #780 | 71 |
| 1926 | #793 | 68 |
| 1925 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #797 | 71 |
| 1923 | #853 | 63 |
| 1922 | #855 | 64 |
| 1921 | #868 | 64 |
| 1920 | #792 | 71 |
| 1919 | #898 | 55 |
| 1918 | #733 | 76 |
| 1917 | #699 | 75 |
| 1916 | #641 | 83 |
| 1915 | #657 | 78 |
| 1914 | #724 | 52 |
| 1913 | #681 | 44 |
| 1912 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #632 | 17 |
| 1907 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #477 | 23 |
| 1899 | #438 | 18 |
| 1898 | #543 | 15 |
| 1897 | #556 | 14 |
| 1896 | #534 | 15 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #480 | 17 |
| 1893 | #479 | 15 |
| 1892 | #394 | 23 |
| 1891 | #427 | 17 |
| 1890 | #458 | 16 |
| 1889 | #388 | 21 |
| 1888 | #387 | 23 |
| 1887 | #420 | 16 |
| 1886 | #512 | 13 |
| 1885 | #439 | 17 |
| 1884 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | #527 | 12 |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 |
| 1881 | #653 | 8 |
| 1880 | #403 | 18 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Fritz was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Fritz is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#257 · 1 in 2,386
- Texas#394 · 1 in 3,175
Best ever in a state: #195 in Minnesota, 1912.
Show every state
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| Nebraska | #257 | 5 | 1 in 2,386 |
| Texas | #394 | 16 | 1 in 3,175 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Fritz
- 216 spots since 2024 (#2,502 → #2,718)
- 101 spots since 2020 (#2,617 → #2,718)
- 48 spots since 2015 (#2,766 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1907 (#927 → #559)
- Biggest drop: 381 spots in 1901 (#477 → #858)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #387 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1968
- Highest: 1 in 5,254 boys born in 1888 were named Fritz (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.2% of all boys named Fritz (879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 165 | #387 (1888) | #459 |
| 1890s | 165 | #394 (1892) | #484 |
| 1900s | 137 | #477 (1900) | #691 |
| 1910s | 524 | #641 (1916) | #748 |
| 1920s | 657 | #780 (1927) | #825 |
| 1930s | 672 | #670 (1935) | #753 |
| 1940s | 595 | #738 (1940) | #854 |
| 1950s | 879 | #710 (1956) | #776 |
| 1960s | 746 | #788 (1964) | #871 |
| 1970s | 473 | #1,000 (1970) | #1,302 |
| 1980s | 373 | #1,362 (1982) | #1,719 |
| 1990s | 278 | #1,809 (1990) | #2,757 |
| 2000s | 270 | #2,817 (2002) | #3,567 |
| 2010s | 438 | #2,189 (2018) | #2,845 |
| 2020s | 311 | #2,315 (2023) | #2,553 |
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.
Fritz in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 14,991 of them was named Fritz, which outranked 84.1% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).