Fitzhugh — boys' name

What the Data Says About Fitzhugh

The Social Security Administration has registered 380 babies named Fitzhugh between 1885 and 2002, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fitzhugh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1898, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fitzhugh performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Fitzhugh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fitzhugh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fitzhugh 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 380 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.