Fulton

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Fulton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. Its best rank was 607th, in 1887.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 730.00% of boys
Peak year: 202473 births
Best rank: #607in 1887
Since 1884: 2,815people given the name

Babies named Fulton, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

2,815 boys have been named Fulton in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 73 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Fulton
1880s	16
1890s	17
1900s	68
1910s	303
1920s	359
1930s	230
1940s	296
1950s	273
1960s	155
1970s	90
1980s	70
1990s	102
2000s	130
2010s	381
2020s	325

In 2024, its biggest year

Fulton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Fulton

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.