Freeman
Last seen for girls in 1921 at #5,099 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 26 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,991since 1880
Freeman over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Freeman has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,605 | 31 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,802 | 29 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,879 | 28 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,582 | 31 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,794 | 28 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,171 | 36 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,441 | 32 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,882 | 27 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,154 | 35 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,122 | 35 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,530 | 30 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,434 | 31 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,105 | 37 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,135 | 36 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,932 | 38 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,788 | 37 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,681 | 35 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,330 | 41 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,063 | 46 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,096 | 42 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,017 | 43 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,927 | 43 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,792 | 47 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,525 | 58 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,983 | 38 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,635 | 50 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,993 | 36 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,592 | 45 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,588 | 41 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,268 | 57 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,422 | 45 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,222 | 56 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,362 | 48 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,199 | 58 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,272 | 53 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,487 | 40 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,352 | 46 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,252 | 50 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,304 | 46 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,065 | 61 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,151 | 51 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,074 | 57 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,060 | 58 | |
| 1971 | — | #979 | 69 | |
| 1970 | — | #989 | 67 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,017 | 53 | |
| 1967 | — | #900 | 64 | |
| 1966 | — | #950 | 58 | |
| 1965 | — | #843 | 76 | |
| 1964 | — | #895 | 72 | |
| 1963 | — | #855 | 77 | |
| 1962 | — | #891 | 73 | |
| 1961 | — | #833 | 85 | |
| 1960 | — | #752 | 105 | |
| 1959 | — | #782 | 96 | |
| 1958 | — | #855 | 78 | |
| 1957 | — | #710 | 111 | |
| 1956 | — | #669 | 130 | |
| 1955 | — | #705 | 108 | |
| 1954 | — | #651 | 125 | |
| 1953 | — | #665 | 114 | |
| 1952 | — | #681 | 104 | |
| 1951 | — | #668 | 109 | |
| 1950 | — | #652 | 114 | |
| 1949 | — | #624 | 119 | |
| 1948 | — | #587 | 129 | |
| 1947 | — | #600 | 128 | |
| 1946 | — | #603 | 114 | |
| 1945 | — | #563 | 114 | |
| 1944 | — | #531 | 130 | |
| 1943 | — | #491 | 159 | |
| 1942 | — | #524 | 135 | |
| 1941 | — | #528 | 126 | |
| 1940 | — | #532 | 121 | |
| 1939 | — | #524 | 119 | |
| 1938 | — | #511 | 128 | |
| 1937 | — | #458 | 147 | |
| 1936 | — | #488 | 134 | |
| 1935 | — | #545 | 112 | |
| 1934 | — | #501 | 132 | |
| 1933 | — | #452 | 149 | |
| 1932 | — | #465 | 153 | |
| 1931 | — | #463 | 148 | |
| 1930 | — | #463 | 164 | |
| 1929 | — | #440 | 180 | |
| 1928 | — | #461 | 173 | |
| 1927 | — | #466 | 169 | |
| 1926 | — | #423 | 204 | |
| 1925 | — | #433 | 190 | |
| 1924 | — | #437 | 195 | |
| 1923 | — | #429 | 199 | |
| 1922 | — | #453 | 184 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #426 | 203 |
| 1920 | — | #418 | 201 | |
| 1919 | — | #414 | 199 | |
| 1918 | — | #393 | 229 | |
| 1917 | — | #433 | 171 | |
| 1916 | — | #430 | 173 | |
| 1915 | — | #414 | 171 | |
| 1914 | — | #409 | 135 | |
| 1913 | — | #420 | 106 | |
| 1912 | — | #380 | 103 | |
| 1911 | — | #337 | 65 | |
| 1910 | — | #353 | 52 | |
| 1909 | — | #318 | 52 | |
| 1908 | — | #335 | 45 | |
| 1907 | — | #331 | 41 | |
| 1906 | — | #320 | 42 | |
| 1905 | — | #290 | 47 | |
| 1904 | — | #312 | 40 | |
| 1903 | — | #381 | 26 | |
| 1902 | — | #302 | 40 | |
| 1901 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1900 | — | #319 | 44 | |
| 1899 | — | #394 | 22 | |
| 1898 | — | #307 | 38 | |
| 1897 | — | #339 | 30 | |
| 1896 | — | #388 | 25 | |
| 1895 | — | #358 | 27 | |
| 1894 | — | #349 | 27 | |
| 1893 | — | #368 | 24 | |
| 1892 | — | #445 | 19 | |
| 1891 | — | #283 | 33 | |
| 1890 | — | #328 | 28 | |
| 1889 | — | #284 | 35 | |
| 1888 | — | #308 | 34 | |
| 1887 | — | #325 | 26 | |
| 1886 | — | #383 | 21 | |
| 1885 | — | #327 | 27 | |
| 1884 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1883 | — | #381 | 20 | |
| 1882 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1881 | — | #324 | 25 | |
| 1880 | — | #334 | 26 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Freeman was already there! It came in at #334, and was given to 26 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1896, when fewer than 28 boys a year got the name.
See more about Freeman
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 445 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #4,050)
- 91 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #4,050)
- 168 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 120 spots in 1902 (#422 → #302)
- Biggest drop: 162 spots in 1892 (#283 → #445)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #283 (33 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,815
- Highest: 1 in 2,815 boys born in 1905 were named Freeman (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #283 in 1891, was only 1 in 3,066 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 17.3% of all boys named Freeman (1,898) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 267 | #284 (1889) | #334 |
| 1890s | 273 | #283 (1891) | #356 |
| 1900s | 397 | #290 (1905) | #333 |
| 1910s | 1,404 | #337 (1911) | #398 |
| 1920s | 1,898 | #418 (1920) | #439 |
| 1930s | 1,386 | #452 (1933) | #487 |
| 1940s | 1,275 | #491 (1943) | #558 |
| 1950s | 1,089 | #651 (1954) | #704 |
| 1960s | 720 | #752 (1960) | #895 |
| 1970s | 545 | #979 (1971) | #1,171 |
| 1980s | 479 | #1,199 (1981) | #1,460 |
| 1990s | 431 | #1,525 (1992) | #2,023 |
| 2000s | 355 | #2,330 (2000) | #2,922 |
| 2010s | 303 | #3,122 (2013) | #3,583 |
| 2020s | 169 | #3,582 (2021) | #3,843 |
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.
Freeman in 1937
boys
#458
147 births · 1 in 7,256 boys
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 7,256 of them was named Freeman, which outranked 88.6% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).