Frazier
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FRAY-zher
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Frazier is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Frazier mean?
Scottish: variant of Fraser, a Scottish surname of uncertain origin
Fraser is the name of a Scottish Highland clan; Jamie Fraser is the hero of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels.
Is Frazier a girl's or a boy's name?
Frazier is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Frazier in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Frazier in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Frazier in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Frazier in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Frazier, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the boys named Frazier in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Frazier in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,295 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,235 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,120 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,244 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,384 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,239 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,322 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,404 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,082 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,388 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,310 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
Names like Frazier
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Frazier: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/frazier, updated 20 October 2026.