Fulton
Fulton was given to 67 boys in 2025, #2,153 among boys’ names; 2,882 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,610 Americans named Fulton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 7 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fulton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Fulton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Fulton is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “bird” (fuġol) and “dwelling” (tūn).
From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).
/ˈfʊltən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Fulton?
#2,153 among boys’ names, 2025
Fulton rose from #3,259 in 2015 to #2,153 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 18.3 to 39.2 per million.
73 babies in 2024, the peak
Fulton peaked in 2024, when 73 boys were given it, #2,064 among boys’ names. The 67 births of 2025 are 92% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,153 | 39.2 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,064 | 42.4 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,520 | 31.0 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,359 | 34.4 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,083 | 40.0 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,054 | 40.0 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,152 | 36.8 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,318 | 18.7 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,429 | 28.6 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,852 | 22.1 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | #3,259 | 18.3 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,349 | 28.6 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,689 | 14.8 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,559 | 15.8 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,144 | 12.6 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,143 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,199 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,359 | 5.4 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,406 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,593 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,526 | 9.5 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,909 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,115 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,225 | 4.6 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,606 | 5.1 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,264 | 9.2 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,419 | 6.2 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,475 | 4.7 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,777 | 5.3 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,453 | 7.4 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,602 | 6.8 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,010 | 4.7 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,405 | 4.1 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,921 | 3.5 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,304 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,658 | 3.4 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,352 | 6.0 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,918 | 4.7 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,329 | 2.7 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,230 | 5.4 |
| 1985 | 6 | #6,036 | 3.2 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,711 | 3.3 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,687 | 2.8 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,113 | 3.9 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,939 | 5.6 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,385 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,308 | 3.7 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,311 | 4.9 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,819 | 5.7 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,798 | 9.0 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,481 | 3.2 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,812 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,881 | 7.4 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,727 | 7.4 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,141 | 5.4 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,593 | 6.7 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,472 | 4.0 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,992 | 9.2 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,838 | 10.1 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,948 | 9.1 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,351 | 6.5 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,920 | 8.9 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,915 | 8.7 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,707 | 10.8 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,356 | 6.1 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,531 | 12.6 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,609 | 11.3 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,645 | 11.1 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,690 | 10.4 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,698 | 10.2 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,279 | 17.2 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,293 | 17.2 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,469 | 13.9 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,471 | 13.8 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,261 | 18.4 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,151 | 21.4 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,202 | 20.5 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,306 | 17.5 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,337 | 17.2 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,281 | 20.1 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,345 | 18.3 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,130 | 25.9 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,304 | 21.0 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,384 | 19.5 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,534 | 17.3 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,335 | 22.6 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,230 | 26.1 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,292 | 25.3 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,518 | 19.3 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,512 | 20.2 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,400 | 23.2 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,472 | 22.2 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,400 | 23.9 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,877 | 15.4 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,616 | 19.1 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,098 | 37.2 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,135 | 35.2 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,302 | 28.4 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,228 | 31.5 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,287 | 28.7 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,363 | 26.5 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,142 | 35.6 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,206 | 33.1 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,022 | 42.7 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,358 | 27.2 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,171 | 36.7 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,182 | 34.5 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,046 | 43.2 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,005 | 46.1 |
| 1915 | 44 | #946 | 51.9 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,199 | 36.7 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,033 | 46.8 |
| 1912 | 23 | #950 | 53.5 |
| 1911 | 21 | #698 | 92.9 |
| 1910 | 15 | #797 | 77.2 |
| 1909 | 14 | #774 | 85.4 |
| 1908 | 11 | #853 | 71.3 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,407 | 34.1 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,304 | 37.8 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,271 | 39.0 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,058 | 50.3 |
| 1902 | 7 | #968 | 57.1 |
| 1901 | 9 | #749 | 84.5 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,220 | 39.9 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,050 | 48.9 |
| 1893 | 6 | #950 | 53.4 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,133 | 41.0 |
| 1887 | 10 | #607 | 98.6 |
| 1884 | 6 | #896 | 52.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Fulton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fulton has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Fulton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fulton, and how old are they?
1,610 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 2,882 Americans ever recorded as Fulton. The median Fulton alive today is 20 years old; half are between 7 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 1,347 people named Fulton (17 women and girls, 1,330 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,368 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 92 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 314 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 148 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 125 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 225 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 700 |
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Fulton
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.
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