Fulton
#2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,882since 1884
Fulton over time
Rank among boys' names. Fulton has never cracked the top 500 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 | #2,145 | 67 |
| 2024 | #2,057 | 73 |
| 2023 | #2,510 | 53 |
| 2022 | #2,355 | 60 |
| 2021 | #2,079 | 70 |
| 2020 | #2,046 | 69 |
| 2019 | #2,150 | 66 |
| 2018 | #3,301 | 34 |
| 2017 | #2,417 | 53 |
| 2016 | #2,838 | 42 |
| 2015 | #3,231 | 35 |
| 2014 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2013 | #3,661 | 28 |
| 2012 | #3,530 | 30 |
| 2011 | #4,110 | 24 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #1,522 | 27 |
| 1958 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #1,682 | 21 |
| 1954 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 26 |
| 1950 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,270 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,120 | 37 |
| 1942 | #1,298 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,221 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #1,125 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,355 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1922 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,018 | 47 |
| 1920 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #1,159 | 36 |
| 1918 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #998 | 41 |
| 1915 | #941 | 44 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #689 | 21 |
| 1910 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Fulton! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Fulton is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#412 · 1 in 4,708
Best ever in a state: #183 in Maryland, 1915.
Show every state
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| Georgia | #412 | 6 | 1 in 4,708 |
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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 Fulton
- 88 spots since 2024 (#2,057 → #2,145)
- 99 spots since 2020 (#2,046 → #2,145)
- 1,086 spots since 2015 (#3,231 → #2,145)
- Biggest jump: 520 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #825)
- Biggest drop: 246 spots in 1912 (#689 → #935)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1887 at #583 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1908–1912
- Highest: 1 in 10,141 boys born in 1887 were named Fulton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.6% of all boys named Fulton (392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #583 (1887) | #716 |
| 1890s | 17 | #907 (1893) | #992 |
| 1900s | 68 | #727 (1901) | #1,022 |
| 1910s | 303 | #689 (1911) | #992 |
| 1920s | 359 | #1,018 (1921) | #1,207 |
| 1930s | 230 | #1,221 (1938) | #1,451 |
| 1940s | 296 | #1,120 (1943) | #1,287 |
| 1950s | 273 | #1,256 (1950) | #1,483 |
| 1960s | 155 | #1,686 (1961) | #2,173 |
| 1970s | 90 | #2,686 (1971) | #3,925 |
| 1980s | 70 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,177 |
| 1990s | 102 | #4,231 (1991) | #5,559 |
| 2000s | 130 | #4,204 (2000) | #6,093 |
| 2010s | 381 | #2,150 (2019) | #3,362 |
| 2020s | 392 | #2,046 (2020) | #2,199 |
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.
Fulton in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 28,105 of them was named Fulton, which outranked 76.8% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,128Minoru40
- #1,128Toney40
- #1,128Zack40
- #1,140Fulton39
- #1,140Bernell39
- #1,140Finley39
- #1,140Geno39
- #1,157Anna38
- #1,157Arlis38
- #1,157Conley38
Tied with 16 names at #1,140; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.