Boys' name · since 1913
Freeland
Freeland has 300 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,573 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 300
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Freeland sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 300 recorded since 1913.
Freeland has 300 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 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1979.
- #10,573 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 300 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Freeland ranks #10,573 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 300 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,573 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 300
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Freeland's 300 recorded births place it above 76.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Freeland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Freeland splits its recorded history at 1931: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Freeland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1979
- Peak year (1922)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Freeland by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (112 births, 37% of the file).
1920s was Freeland's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Freeland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
60 births
- 1920s
1920s
112 births
- 1930s 28
1930s
28 births
- 1940s
1940s
59 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 112 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Freeland's decade-level peak was the 1920s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1913–1979 (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 Freeland 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.