Fraser — #4577 US boys' name
535 babies named Fraser in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
14% of everyone ever named Fraser was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Fraser in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fraser
The Social Security Administration has registered 535 babies named Fraser between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fraser currently holds the #4577 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fraser performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Fraser shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fraser in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fraser 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 535 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.
Fraser at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Fraser popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #4577 among boys.
535 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 22 births in a single year.
Fraser by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 73 births that decade — 14% of Fraser's all-time total
Fraser decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Fraser's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Fraser by state
Where Fraser concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 535 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 0.9% 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, 1915–2024 (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.