Fulton — #2053 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Fulton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,815 babies named Fulton between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fulton currently holds the #2053 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fulton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 381 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Fulton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Fulton in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fulton 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 2,815 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.