Fulton

#2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births

Peak · boys
1887 · 10 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,882
since 1884

Fulton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fulton has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #583, 1887boys
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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#2,14567
2024#2,05773
2023#2,51053
2022#2,35560
2021#2,07970
2020#2,04669
2019#2,15066
2018#3,30134
2017#2,41753
2016#2,83842
2015#3,23135
2014#2,34555
2013#3,66128
2012#3,53030
2011#4,11024
2010#6,03614
2009#6,09514
2008#7,18711
2007#8,1739
2006#6,46012
2005#4,46419
2004#5,81313
2003#5,03515
2002#7,0559
2001#6,44510
2000#4,20418
1999#5,31712
1998#6,3149
1997#5,64210
1996#4,39614
1995#4,50813
1994#5,8689
1993#6,2288
1992#6,6707
1991#4,23113
1990#6,4157
1989#4,27112
1988#4,7869
1987#6,9515
1986#4,13010
1985#5,7856
1984
1983#5,4846
1982#6,3855
1981#4,9617
1980#3,83810
1979#6,0565
1978#5,0596
1977#4,1648
1976#3,7249
1975#2,75114
1974#5,2275
1973#3,6948
1972#2,81912
1971#2,68613
1970#3,07110
1969#2,54912
1968#3,3657
1967#1,97416
1966#1,81418
1965#1,91817
1964#2,31013
1963#1,90218
1962#1,89618
1961#1,68623
1960#2,31513
1959#1,52227
1958#1,59324
1957#1,63424
1956#1,67622
1955#1,68221
1954#1,26835
1953#1,28034
1952#1,46127
1951#1,46226
1950#1,25633
1949#1,14438
1948#1,19436
1947#1,29732
1946#1,32728
1945#1,27027
1944#1,32825
1943#1,12037
1942#1,29829
1941#1,37224
1940#1,51920
1939#1,32325
1938#1,22129
1937#1,28827
1936#1,50520
1935#1,49421
1934#1,38624
1933#1,45622
1932#1,38725
1931#1,84316
1930#1,60221
1929#1,09440
1928#1,12539
1927#1,29332
1926#1,21935
1925#1,27932
1924#1,35530
1923#1,14039
1922#1,19636
1921#1,01847
1920#1,34829
1919#1,15936
1918#1,17235
1917#1,03340
1916#99841
1915#94144
1914#1,18824
1913#1,02324
1912#93523
1911#68921
1910#78215
1909#75614
1908#82511
1907#1,3455
1906
1905#1,2335
1904#1,2055
1903#1,0096
1902#9337
1901#7279
1900#1,1626
1899
1898#1,0026
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#9076
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#58310
1886
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Fulton! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Fulton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 88 spots since 2024 (#2,057#2,145)
  • 99 spots since 2020 (#2,046#2,145)
  • 1,086 spots since 2015 (#3,231#2,145)
  • Biggest jump: 520 spots in 1908 (#1,345#825)
  • Biggest drop: 246 spots in 1912 (#689#935)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1887 at #583 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1908–1912
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,141
  • Highest: 1 in 10,141 boys born in 1887 were named Fulton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 13.6% of all boys named Fulton (392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#583 (1887)#716
1890s17#907 (1893)#992
1900s68#727 (1901)#1,022
1910s303#689 (1911)#992
1920s359#1,018 (1921)#1,207
1930s230#1,221 (1938)#1,451
1940s296#1,120 (1943)#1,287
1950s273#1,256 (1950)#1,483
1960s155#1,686 (1961)#2,173
1970s90#2,686 (1971)#3,925
1980s70#3,838 (1980)#5,177
1990s102#4,231 (1991)#5,559
2000s130#4,204 (2000)#6,093
2010s381#2,150 (2019)#3,362
2020s392#2,046 (2020)#2,199

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.

Fulton in 1884

boys
#848
6 births · 1 in 19,074 boys

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #848Fulton6
More about 1884

boys

114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 19,074 of them was named Fulton, which outranked 24.6% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fulton
  1. #764Wes7
  2. #764Winnie7
  3. #764Worth7
  4. #848Fulton6
  5. #848Adolf6
  6. #848Alden6
  7. #848Algie6
  8. #971Abb5
  9. #971Ace5
  10. #971Aden5

Tied with 122 names at #848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 404Pierce#892#488
  2. 388Harlan#892#504
  3. 372Buck#892#520
  4. 345Noel#892#547
  5. 323Cleve#527#204
Fallers
  1. 444Ernie#527#971
  2. 415Chin#556#971
  3. 388Newt#460#848
  4. 369Cal#479#848
  5. 351Omar#497#848

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

See the top 100 for 1884