Frazer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FRAY-zer
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
Frazer is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies).
What does Frazer mean?
Scottish: spelling of Fraser
Variant spelling of Fraser, the surname of a Highland Scottish clan.
Is Frazer a girl's or a boy's name?
Frazer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Frazer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Frazer, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 147 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Frazer since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Frazer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 212 boys in the UK were given Frazer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #256, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Frazer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 43 | #838 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,008 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 41 | #858 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 57 | #675 |
| 2018 | 56 | #689 |
| 2017 | 73 | #578 |
| 2016 | 62 | #640 |
| 2015 | 88 | #502 |
| 2014 | 86 | #511 |
| 2013 | 81 | #519 |
| 2012 | 92 | #476 |
| 2011 | 101 | #432 |
| 2010 | 114 | #395 |
| 2009 | 111 | #394 |
| 2008 | 101 | #409 |
| 2007 | 101 | #399 |
| 2006 | 76 | #470 |
| 2005 | 76 | #425 |
| 2004 | 64 | #469 |
| 2003 | 61 | #456 |
| 2002 | 61 | #418 |
| 2001 | 80 | #364 |
| 2000 | 97 | #317 |
| 1999 | 116 | #280 |
| 1998 | 132 | #253 |
| 1997 | 147 | #238 |
| 1996 | 129 | #254 |
Names like Frazer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faisal Fareed Harry Abdur Umair Fawaz Chester Zahir Aamir William Zubayr Sabir
Other spellings of Frazer
Names related to Frazer
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Frazer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/frazer, updated 20 October 2026.