Fitzgerald

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Fitzgerald is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 64 births. Its best rank was 690th, in 1964.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 640.00% of boys
Peak year: 1964125 births
Best rank: #690in 1964
Since 1919: 1,885people given the name

Babies named Fitzgerald, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,885 boys have been named Fitzgerald in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 125 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 29%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Fitzgerald
1910s	5
1920s	25
1940s	17
1950s	10
1960s	381
1970s	174
1980s	160
1990s	118
2000s	71
2010s	551
2020s	373

In 1964, its biggest year

Fitzgerald was the 690th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1964 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1964.

Names that rose and fell with Fitzgerald

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.