Fleming

Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055

Peak · boys
1883 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,017
since 1880

Fleming over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fleming has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #644, 1883boys
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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
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006#12,0555
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992#8,4355
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980#4,9407
1979
1978#4,1578
1977
1976#5,5875
1975
1974#4,6346
1973#4,5056
1972#3,9637
1971#4,9075
1970#4,2306
1969#3,9356
1968#3,6736
1967#3,2317
1966#3,2497
1965#2,7809
1964#2,66510
1963#2,20014
1962#2,67310
1961#2,9009
1960#3,0778
1959#3,6196
1958#3,0338
1957#3,2577
1956#2,7989
1955#2,30212
1954#1,95616
1953#1,90017
1952#2,37611
1951#2,49510
1950#1,87916
1949#2,33711
1948#2,44310
1947#2,6719
1946#1,64219
1945#1,77215
1944#2,30910
1943#2,27711
1942#1,94614
1941#2,08312
1940#2,32210
1939#1,95813
1938#1,81815
1937#2,19711
1936#2,30110
1935#2,24611
1934#1,65818
1933#1,90514
1932#2,10113
1931#1,58920
1930#1,82117
1929#1,61121
1928#2,04815
1927#1,87118
1926#2,18614
1925#1,93517
1924#1,89418
1923#2,44612
1922#1,64422
1921#1,76620
1920#1,82019
1919#1,48124
1918#1,64821
1917#1,32227
1916#1,45923
1915#1,45422
1914#1,30021
1913#1,67611
1912#1,61910
1911#98212
1910#1,1189
1909#1,2776
1908#1,3735
1907#77812
1906#1,2535
1905
1904#9667
1903#9107
1902
1901#1,0585
1900#9688
1899
1898#1,1215
1897#1,0575
1896#72210
1895
1894#7309
1893#1,0355
1892#1,0665
1891
1890#8846
1889
1888#64810
1887
1886
1885#8366
1884
1883#6449
1882#9435
1881#8665
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Fleming was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Fleming
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 475 spots in 1907 (#1,253#778)
  • Biggest drop: 637 spots in 1912 (#982#1,619)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #644 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1880–1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,625
  • Highest: 1 in 11,625 boys born in 1883 were named Fleming (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 411,055 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 17.7% of all boys named Fleming (180) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s40#644 (1883)#808
1890s45#722 (1896)#945
1900s55#778 (1907)#1,073
1910s180#982 (1911)#1,406
1920s176#1,611 (1929)#1,922
1930s142#1,589 (1931)#1,959
1940s121#1,642 (1946)#2,180
1950s112#1,879 (1950)#2,562
1960s86#2,200 (1963)#3,038
1970s43#3,963 (1972)#4,569
1980s7#4,940 (1980)#4,940
1990s5#8,435 (1992)#8,435
2000s5#12,055 (2006)#12,055

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.

Fleming in 1881

boys
#866
5 births · 1 in 20,147 boys

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #866Fleming5
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 20,147 of them was named Fleming, which outranked 13.1% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fleming
  1. #781Webb6
  2. #781Whit6
  3. #781Yee6
  4. #866Fleming5
  5. #866Adrien5
  6. #866Albin5
  7. #866Alf5

Tied with 130 names at #866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 491Noble#809#318
  2. 449Ivy#909#460
  3. 449Buck#909#460
  4. 376Chin#909#533
  5. 376Ransom#909#533
Fallers
  1. 431Neil#350#781
  2. 378Alvah#403#781
  3. 361Webster#505#866
  4. 356Melville#425#781
  5. 316Hector#465#781

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

See the top 100 for 1881