Freeman
Freeman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. Its best rank was 286th, in 1889, 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1918229 births
- Best rank
- #286first in 1889
- Since 1880
- 10,961people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,961 boys have been named Freeman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 229 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 90 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Freeman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 267 | |
| 1890s | 273 | |
| 1900s | 397 | |
| 1910s | 1,404 | |
| 1920s | 1,898 | |
| 1930s | 1,386 | |
| 1940s | 1,275 | |
| 1950s | 1,089 | |
| 1960s | 720 | |
| 1970s | 545 | |
| 1980s | 479 | |
| 1990s | 431 | |
| 2000s | 352 | |
| 2010s | 303 | |
| 2020s | 142 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Freeman was the 393rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Freeman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hermanpeak 1921
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Horacepeak 1921
- Sylvesterpeak 1920
- Louispeak 1921
- Ernestpeak 1921
- Albertpeak 1921
- Websterpeak 1915
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.