Boys' name · since 1913
Fonzie
Fonzie has 56 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,359 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 56
- born since 1913
- 1970s
- peak decade
Fonzie is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 56 have been recorded since 1913.
Fonzie has 56 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1977.
- #21,359 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 56 born since 1913
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fonzie ranks #21,359 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1913, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,359 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 56
- born since 1913
- 1970s
- peak decade
Fonzie's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fonzie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fonzie's full recorded timeline at 1930, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fonzie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1977
- Peak year (1975)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Fonzie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (23 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Fonzie's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Fonzie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
21 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 23 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fonzie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1913–1977 (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 Fonzie 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.