Flemming — boys' name
35 babies named Flemming in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Flemming was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Flemming in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Flemming
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Flemming between 1915 and 1975, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Flemming currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Flemming performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Flemming shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Flemming in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Flemming 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 35 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.
Flemming at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Flemming popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1915
- Peak year (1928)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
35 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 8 births in a single year.
Flemming by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 19 births that decade — 54% of Flemming's all-time total
Flemming decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Flemming's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Flemming by state
Where Flemming concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 14.3% |
5 of 35 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 14.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 14.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1915–1975 (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.