Fitzgerald
Boy · fits-JAIR-uld · French
Fitzgerald is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “son of Gerald”. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Fitzgerald mean?
French: Anglo-Norman surname from fitz, 'son of', and Gerald
“son of Gerald”
The FitzGeralds were powerful Norman-Irish earls of Kildare and Desmond; F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby.
- Say it
- fits-JAIR-uld
Is Fitzgerald a girl's or a boy's name?
Fitzgerald is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fitzgerald in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Fitzgerald, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,895th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 125 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
2025 had fewer boys named Fitzgerald than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Fitzgerald in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fitzgerald in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,236 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,243 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,059 |
| 2021 | 95 | #1,710 |
| 2020 | 78 | #1,895 |
| 2019 | 93 | #1,698 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,606 |
| 2017 | 82 | #1,820 |
| 2016 | 86 | #1,774 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,297 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,131 |
| 1965 | 58 | #967 |
| 1964 | 125 | #689 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
Nicknames for Fitzgerald
- Fitz 33 boys in the US in 2025
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