Freeman — #3589 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Freeman

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,961 babies named Freeman between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Freeman currently holds the #3589 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 229 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Freeman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,898 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Freeman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 531 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Freeman in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Freeman 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 10,961 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.