Fielding — #7746 US boys' name
602 babies named Fielding in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to boys today.
18% of everyone ever named Fielding was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Fielding in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fielding
The Social Security Administration has registered 602 babies named Fielding between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fielding currently holds the #7746 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fielding performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Fielding shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fielding in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 602 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fielding at a glance
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Current rank
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Fielding popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1884
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 141 years of records
Currently ranks #7746 among boys.
602 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Fielding by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 111 births that decade — 18% of Fielding's all-time total
Fielding decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Fielding's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1884–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.