Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Freeman

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Freeman
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

229

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

86.5%

2024

All-time

10,961

Freeman has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 229 boys were named Freeman.

In 2024, only 31 boys were given the name.

Down 86.5% from its peak.

All told, about 10,961 Americans have been named Freeman and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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