Fleet

Last seen for boys in 1974 at #5,227

Peak · boys
1885 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
166
since 1885

Fleet over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fleet has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #836, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1974#5,2275
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1968#4,1365
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1959#3,9885
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1955#3,8865
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1952#2,6809
1951#3,7145
1950#3,6815
1949#3,2986
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1946#2,6908
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1941#3,5055
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1936#3,1476
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1932#3,7765
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1930#2,44411
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1927#3,4517
1926#3,7086
1925
1924#3,8676
1923#2,9509
1922#3,8726
1921#3,8696
1920#2,9679
1919#3,7366
1918
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1916#2,7309
1915#3,8255
1914
1913#2,4966
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1896#1,1015
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1885#8366
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Fleet! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Fleet
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1885 at #836 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,967
  • Highest: 1 in 17,967 boys born in 1885 were named Fleet (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 314,467 boys born in 1974 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.5% of all boys named Fleet (49) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#836 (1885)#836
1890s5#1,101 (1896)#1,101
1900s0
1910s26#2,496 (1913)#3,197
1920s49#2,950 (1923)#3,526
1930s22#2,444 (1930)#3,122
1940s19#2,690 (1946)#3,164
1950s29#2,680 (1952)#3,590
1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136
1970s5#5,227 (1974)#5,227

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.

Fleet in 1885

boys
#836
6 births · 1 in 17,967 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. #836Fleet6
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 17,967 of them was named Fleet, which outranked 23.8% 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 Fleet
  1. #765Wilhelm7
  2. #765Wong7
  3. #765Woodie7
  4. #836Fleet6
  5. #836Ab6
  6. #836Abel6
  7. #836Algie6
  8. #936Ada5
  9. #936Albion5
  10. #936Alcide5

Tied with 99 names at #836; 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