Boys' name · since 1964
Fitzroy
192 babies named Fitzroy in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,208 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,059 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
192 babies have been named Fitzroy since 1964, making it today's #9059 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fitzroy has been recorded 192 times among boys since 1964, currently ranked #9059 nationally and more common than 35% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #13,208 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,059 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 192 born since 1964
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fitzroy ranks #13,208 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,059 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 192 born since 1964, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,208 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,059 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fitzroy's 192 recorded births place it above 70.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Fitzroy compares
192 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Fitzroy's all-time total is 48% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fitzroy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 192 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Fitzroy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Fitzroy splits its recorded history at 1991: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Fitzroy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Fitzroy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (66 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Fitzroy's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Fitzroy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 66 births (34% of all-time use).
Fitzroy by state
Where Fitzroy concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 41 | 21.4% |
41 of 192 births nationwide.
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What to do with Fitzroy's data
- Fitzroy's decade-level peak was the 1980s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Fitzroys (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Fitzroy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~61 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Fitzroy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.