Fielding

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765

Peak · boys
1885 · 8 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
602
since 1884

Fielding over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fielding has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #700, 1885boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024#7,76510
2023#7,28911
2022#5,63316
2021#8,1669
2020#8,0679
2019#5,81315
2018#7,61710
2017#8,1409
2016#6,34913
2015#8,0409
2014#5,73315
2013#7,02611
2012#6,62612
2011#8,7678
2010#8,1399
2009#7,69210
2008#11,0376
2007
2006
2005#10,1516
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999#7,1398
1998
1997
1996#7,9716
1995#8,8685
1994
1993
1992#6,1288
1991
1990#7,1786
1989
1988
1987#4,5739
1986#4,4579
1985#3,21614
1984#4,9737
1983#5,4846
1982#3,10814
1981#3,41212
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970#4,7245
1969
1968
1967#3,2317
1966
1965
1964#4,0395
1963#3,6466
1962#3,0418
1961#4,0655
1960
1959#3,0378
1958#3,5596
1957
1956
1955
1954#2,9428
1953
1952#3,3736
1951#3,7145
1950
1949#2,33711
1948#3,0107
1947#3,3706
1946
1945#2,9966
1944#2,6338
1943#2,9647
1942#2,9407
1941#3,1336
1940
1939
1938#3,1756
1937#2,4799
1936#3,5495
1935
1934
1933
1932#2,6389
1931#3,7635
1930#3,0228
1929#2,45211
1928
1927#3,7806
1926#3,7086
1925#3,4087
1924#2,22914
1923#3,1758
1922#3,0149
1921
1920#3,2088
1919#3,1158
1918#3,0968
1917#3,5456
1916#2,25912
1915#2,6219
1914
1913#2,4966
1912#1,61910
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#7008
1884#9715
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.

See more about Fielding
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1885 (#971#700)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#700 (1885)#836
1890s0
1900s0
1910s59#1,619 (1912)#2,679
1920s69#2,229 (1924)#3,122
1930s42#2,479 (1937)#3,104
1940s58#2,337 (1949)#2,923
1950s33#2,942 (1954)#3,325
1960s31#3,041 (1962)#3,604
1970s5#4,724 (1970)#4,724
1980s71#3,108 (1982)#4,175
1990s33#6,128 (1992)#7,457
2000s22#7,692 (2009)#9,627
2010s111#5,733 (2014)#7,225
2020s55#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.

Fielding in 1885

boys
#700
8 births · 1 in 13,475 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #700Fielding8
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 13,475 of them was named Fielding, which outranked 36.2% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fielding
  1. #641Winfred9
  2. #641Wright9
  3. #641Wyatt9
  4. #700Fielding8
  5. #700Alonza8
  6. #700Alvie8
  7. #700Andres8
  8. #765Adolf7
  9. #765Alois7
  10. #765Bailey7

Tied with 64 names at #700; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885