Fritz
Fritz was given to 47 boys in 2025, #2,727 among boys’ names; 6,683 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,580 Americans named Fritz and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 22 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fritz by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Fritz mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Fritz is “a diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.” Its etymology gives the sense “Frederick” (Friedrich).
Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).
/fɹɪts/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Fritz?
#2,727 among boys’ names, 2025
Fritz rose from #2,780 in 2015 to #2,727 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 22.4 to 27.5 per million.
107 babies in 1956, the peak
Fritz peaked in 1956, when 107 boys were given it, #709 among boys’ names. The 47 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,727 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,512 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,327 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,625 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,559 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,632 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,297 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,192 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,145 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 50 | #2,529 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 43 | #2,780 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,947 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,817 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,558 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,597 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,742 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,420 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,242 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,535 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,271 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,095 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,045 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,306 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,833 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,540 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,672 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,412 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,219 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,283 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,048 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,412 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,254 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,413 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,691 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,251 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,815 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,115 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,773 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,287 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,601 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,495 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,586 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,725 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,370 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,554 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,728 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,523 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,169 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,553 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,111 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,131 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,020 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,002 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,021 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 62 | #925 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 60 | #937 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 65 | #898 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 71 | #871 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 91 | #789 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 77 | #860 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 85 | #825 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 87 | #816 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 91 | #800 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 90 | #806 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 93 | #772 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 103 | #738 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 107 | #709 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 87 | #780 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 96 | #735 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 90 | #750 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 68 | #847 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 76 | #806 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 69 | #820 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 65 | #849 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 68 | #826 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 61 | #892 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 57 | #871 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 55 | #847 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 44 | #977 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 59 | #873 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 55 | #894 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 62 | #801 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 69 | #739 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 72 | #702 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 59 | #810 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 77 | #683 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 64 | #760 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 79 | #671 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 70 | #731 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 63 | #771 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 58 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 70 | #734 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 60 | #847 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 60 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 65 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 71 | #784 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 68 | #795 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 60 | #859 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 71 | #803 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 63 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 64 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 64 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 71 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 55 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 76 | #742 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 75 | #701 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 83 | #642 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 78 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 52 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 44 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 32 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 15 | #873 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 14 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 17 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 17 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 19 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 8 | #958 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 12 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 8 | #919 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 13 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 13 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 7 | #891 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 23 | #482 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 18 | #443 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 15 | #551 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 14 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 15 | #542 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 15 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 17 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 15 | #485 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 23 | #397 | 0.19 |
| 1891 | 17 | #432 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 16 | #468 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 21 | #393 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 23 | #389 | 0.19 |
| 1887 | 16 | #430 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 13 | #521 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 17 | #447 | 0.16 |
| 1884 | 16 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 12 | #538 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 21 | #394 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 8 | #669 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 18 | #408 | 0.16 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Fritz a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fritz has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Fritz: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fritz, and how old are they?
3,580 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 6,683 Americans ever recorded as Fritz. The median Fritz alive today is 51 years old; half are between 22 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 5,533 people named Fritz (48 women and girls, 5,485 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,647 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 212 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,050 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 724 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 515 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 437 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 639 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Fritz born?
The states with the most babies named Fritz are New York, Texas and California, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 440 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 365 | #2,372 | 0.9× |
| California | 249 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 180 | #1,693 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 180 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 133 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 122 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 93 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Minnesota | 51 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 43 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Fritz with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Fritz
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Fritz and names like it
- Compare Fritz and SidBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sFritz peaked in 1956.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fritz since 1910.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Fritz.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Fritz alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.