Boys' name · since 1917
Freemont
27 babies named Freemont in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Freemont is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 27 have been recorded since 1917.
Freemont has 27 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1930.
- #26,643 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1917
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Freemont ranks #26,643 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1917, peaking in the 1910s.
- #26,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Freemont's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Freemont's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Freemont's full recorded timeline at 1922, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Freemont popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1930
- Peak year (1918)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1930.
27 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 6 births in a single year.
Freemont by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (11 births, 41% of the file).
1910s was Freemont's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Freemont births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (41% of all-time use).
Freemont decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Freemont's data
- Freemont's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Freemont: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1917–1930 (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 Freemont 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.
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