Fielding
Boy · FEEL-ding · English
Fielding is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “of the fields”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Fielding mean?
English: English surname for someone living by open fields
“of the fields”
Henry Fielding wrote the comic novel Tom Jones (1749).
- Say it
- FEEL-ding
Is Fielding a girl's or a boy's name?
Fielding is a boys' name.
How popular is Fielding in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Fielding in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fielding in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
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