Fitzroy — boys' name
184 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.
36% of everyone ever named Fitzroy was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Fitzroy in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fitzroy
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Fitzroy between 1964 and 2022, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fitzroy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fitzroy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Fitzroy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fitzroy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fitzroy 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 184 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.
Fitzroy at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fitzroy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1964
- Peak year (1989)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
184 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 15 births in a single year.
Fitzroy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 66 births that decade — 36% of Fitzroy's all-time total
Fitzroy decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Fitzroy's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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 | 22.3% |
41 of 184 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 22.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 22.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1964–2022 (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.