Fontaine — #9998 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Fontaine

The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Fontaine between 1928 and 2024, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fontaine currently holds the #9998 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Fontaine is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 137 additional births since 1922.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fontaine performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Fontaine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fontaine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fontaine 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 200 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.