Fritz

#2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births

Peak · boys
1888 · 23 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,683
since 1880

Fritz over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fritz has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #387, 1888boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,71847
2024#2,50254
2023#2,31560
2022#2,61651
2021#2,55251
2020#2,61748
2019#2,29260
2018#2,18963
2017#3,12337
2016#2,51850
2015#2,76643
2014#2,92939
2013#2,80441
2012#3,53030
2011#2,59047
2010#3,70828
2009#3,39932
2008#3,22135
2007#3,51130
2006#4,22322
2005#4,06222
2004#4,00522
2003#3,28028
2002#2,81733
2001#3,51224
2000#3,64022
1999#3,37623
1998#3,19124
1997#3,26122
1996#3,02124
1995#2,40032
1994#3,21521
1993#2,39931
1992#2,67026
1991#2,22732
1990#1,80943
1989#2,10633
1988#1,76839
1987#2,27225
1986#1,58841
1985#1,48545
1984#1,58138
1983#1,71133
1982#1,36248
1981#1,76632
1980#1,54739
1979#1,71133
1978#1,50838
1977#1,51537
1976#1,16354
1975#1,32243
1974#1,54632
1973#1,10854
1972#1,12952
1971#1,01464
1970#1,00066
1969#1,01757
1968#92062
1967#93160
1966#89565
1965#87071
1964#78891
1963#85577
1962#82285
1961#81787
1960#79991
1959#80790
1958#77193
1957#738103
1956#710107
1955#78087
1954#73596
1953#74990
1952#84568
1951#80676
1950#81969
1949#84965
1948#82468
1947#88961
1946#86957
1945#84555
1944#97444
1943#86959
1942#88855
1941#79862
1940#73869
1939#70072
1938#80859
1937#68277
1936#75664
1935#67079
1934#73070
1933#77063
1932#83658
1931#73370
1930#84160
1929#84460
1928#81465
1927#78071
1926#79368
1925#85860
1924#79771
1923#85363
1922#85564
1921#86864
1920#79271
1919#89855
1918#73376
1917#69975
1916#64183
1915#65778
1914#72452
1913#68144
1912#76532
1911#85615
1910#82214
1909#65317
1908#63217
1907#55919
1906#9278
1905#69912
1904#8748
1903#61913
1902#61513
1901#8587
1900#47723
1899#43818
1898#54315
1897#55614
1896#53415
1895#52915
1894#48017
1893#47915
1892#39423
1891#42717
1890#45816
1889#38821
1888#38723
1887#42016
1886#51213
1885#43917
1884#46816
1883#52712
1882#38921
1881#6538
1880#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Fritz was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about Fritz
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 216 spots since 2024 (#2,502#2,718)
  • 101 spots since 2020 (#2,617#2,718)
  • 48 spots since 2015 (#2,766#2,718)
  • Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1907 (#927#559)
  • Biggest drop: 381 spots in 1901 (#477#858)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #387 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,254
  • Highest: 1 in 5,254 boys born in 1888 were named Fritz (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 13.2% of all boys named Fritz (879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s165#387 (1888)#459
1890s165#394 (1892)#484
1900s137#477 (1900)#691
1910s524#641 (1916)#748
1920s657#780 (1927)#825
1930s672#670 (1935)#753
1940s595#738 (1940)#854
1950s879#710 (1956)#776
1960s746#788 (1964)#871
1970s473#1,000 (1970)#1,302
1980s373#1,362 (1982)#1,719
1990s278#1,809 (1990)#2,757
2000s270#2,817 (2002)#3,567
2010s438#2,189 (2018)#2,845
2020s311#2,315 (2023)#2,553

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.

Fritz in 1885

boys
#439
17 births · 1 in 6,341 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. #439Fritz17
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 6,341 of them was named Fritz, which outranked 60.0% 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 Fritz
  1. #422Sterling18
  2. #422Troy18
  3. #422Wash18
  4. #439Fritz17
  5. #439Abram17
  6. #439Addison17
  7. #439Al17
  8. #462Adelbert16
  9. #462Albin16
  10. #462Axel16

Tied with 22 names at #439; 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