Freeman
Freeman was the 4072nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1889, when it ranked 286th; the most babies were born in 1918 (229). Over the last ten years it has moved down 155 places. More babies were named Freeman in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,072 boys, up 111 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1918229 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,996babies recorded
Freeman popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1921.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2020 | #4,183 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,571 | 21 |
| 2000 | #2,347 | 41 |
| 1990 | #1,641 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,276 | 53 |
| 1970 | #995 | 67 |
| 1960 | #753 | 105 |
| 1950 | #654 | 114 |
| 1940 | #533 | 121 |
| 1930 | #463 | 164 |
| 1920 | #419 | 201 |
| 1910 | #357 | 52 |
| 1900 | #320 | 44 |
| 1890 | #330 | 28 |
| 1880 | #337 | 26 |
How popular is Freeman, counting every spelling?
Freeman has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Freeman?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Freeman (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Freeman born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Freeman.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Freeman?
About 4,200 people born in the US named Freeman are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 32 and 72. That makes Freeman mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Freeman by state
How common Freeman was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Freeman
How popular is the name Freeman?
Freeman was the 4072nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1889, when it ranked 286th; the most babies were born in 1918 (229). Over the last ten years it has moved down 155 places. More babies were named Freeman in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Freeman a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Freeman in the US.
Where is Freeman most popular?
In 2021–2025, Freeman was most common in Pennsylvania (0.06 per 1,000 boys).