Fleming
Fleming was last recorded in 2006, when 5 babies were given it; 1,017 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2006 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fleming by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Fleming mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Fleming is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “flowing, current (water)” (*flaumaz) and “belonging to, descended from” (*-ingaz).
From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”).
/ˈflɛmɪŋ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Fleming?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,653, in 2006; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
27 babies in 1917, the peak
Fleming peaked in 1917, when 27 boys were given it, #1,343 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | #12,653 | 2.4 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,854 | 2.5 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,117 | 3.9 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,284 | 4.9 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,890 | 3.2 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,838 | 3.8 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,700 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,129 | 4.3 |
| 1971 | 5 | #5,165 | 2.8 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,412 | 3.2 |
Every recorded year (91)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 6 | #4,101 | 3.4 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,849 | 3.5 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,356 | 4.0 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,333 | 3.9 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,859 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,720 | 5.0 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,236 | 6.9 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,731 | 4.8 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,964 | 4.2 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,171 | 3.8 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,733 | 2.8 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,125 | 3.8 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,349 | 3.2 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,856 | 4.3 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,343 | 5.8 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,988 | 7.8 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,920 | 8.6 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,416 | 5.7 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,549 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,902 | 8.9 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,381 | 6.2 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,502 | 5.7 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,733 | 4.9 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,658 | 11.7 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,805 | 11.1 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,359 | 7.3 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,319 | 7.7 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,981 | 10.1 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,123 | 9.8 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,381 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,995 | 11.7 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,850 | 13.5 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,248 | 10.3 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,345 | 9.6 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,300 | 10.6 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,687 | 17.4 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,944 | 14.1 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,134 | 12.5 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,603 | 19.2 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,849 | 15.5 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,632 | 19.5 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,085 | 13.5 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,902 | 16.0 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,236 | 12.6 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,955 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,921 | 15.9 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,494 | 10.9 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,667 | 20.2 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,790 | 18.2 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,841 | 17.9 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,498 | 24.5 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,674 | 20.7 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,343 | 29.2 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,477 | 25.8 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,474 | 25.9 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,310 | 32.1 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,720 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,664 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,000 | 53.1 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,143 | 46.3 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,340 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,460 | 32.4 |
| 1907 | 12 | #790 | 81.7 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,303 | 37.6 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,003 | 54.6 |
| 1903 | 7 | #948 | 58.7 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,110 | 47.0 |
| 1900 | 8 | #992 | 53.2 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,192 | 40.8 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,122 | 44.3 |
| 1896 | 10 | #744 | 83.6 |
| 1894 | 9 | #754 | 77.7 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,097 | 44.5 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,131 | 41.0 |
| 1890 | 6 | #931 | 54.0 |
| 1888 | 10 | #666 | 82.7 |
| 1885 | 6 | #869 | 55.7 |
| 1883 | 9 | #661 | 86.0 |
| 1882 | 5 | #989 | 44.0 |
| 1881 | 5 | #919 | 49.6 |
| 1880 | 5 | #960 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Fleming a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fleming has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 91 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Fleming: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fleming, and how old are they?
An estimated 266 Americans named Fleming and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 59 and 77. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 460 people named Fleming (71 women and girls, 389 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 330 born in the U.S. The Census count is 39% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Fleming
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Fleming and names like it
- Compare Fleming and WebsterBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sFleming peaked in 1917.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fleming since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Fleming: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Fleming.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Fleming alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.