Freeman
Boy · FREE-mun · English
Freeman is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Freeman mean?
English: English surname
“free man”
In medieval England a freeman was someone not bound as a serf to a lord's land.
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Is Freeman a girl's or a boy's name?
Freeman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Freeman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Freeman, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 229 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Freeman than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Freeman in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Freeman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,013 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1992 | 58 | #1,520 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 40 | #1,682 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,267 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,222 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,199 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,272 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,252 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,304 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,065 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,151 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,060 |
| 1971 | 69 | #979 |
| 1970 | 67 | #989 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,017 |
| 1967 | 64 | #900 |
| 1966 | 58 | #950 |
| 1965 | 76 | #843 |
| 1964 | 72 | #895 |
| 1963 | 77 | #855 |
| 1962 | 73 | #890 |
| 1961 | 85 | #832 |
| 1960 | 105 | #751 |
| 1959 | 96 | #781 |
| 1958 | 78 | #854 |
| 1957 | 111 | #709 |
| 1956 | 130 | #668 |
| 1955 | 108 | #704 |
| 1954 | 125 | #650 |
| 1953 | 114 | #664 |
| 1952 | 104 | #680 |
| 1951 | 109 | #667 |
| 1950 | 114 | #651 |
| 1949 | 119 | #623 |
| 1948 | 129 | #586 |
| 1947 | 128 | #600 |
| 1946 | 114 | #603 |
| 1945 | 114 | #563 |
| 1944 | 130 | #531 |
| 1943 | 159 | #491 |
| 1942 | 135 | #524 |
| 1941 | 126 | #528 |
| 1940 | 121 | #532 |
| 1939 | 119 | #524 |
| 1938 | 128 | #511 |
| 1937 | 147 | #458 |
| 1936 | 134 | #488 |
| 1935 | 112 | #545 |
| 1934 | 132 | #501 |
| 1933 | 149 | #452 |
| 1932 | 153 | #465 |
| 1931 | 148 | #463 |
| 1930 | 164 | #463 |
| 1929 | 180 | #440 |
| 1928 | 173 | #461 |
| 1927 | 169 | #466 |
| 1926 | 204 | #423 |
| 1925 | 190 | #433 |
| 1924 | 195 | #437 |
| 1923 | 199 | #429 |
| 1922 | 184 | #453 |
| 1921 | 203 | #426 |
| 1920 | 201 | #418 |
| 1919 | 199 | #414 |
| 1918 | 229 | #393 |
| 1917 | 171 | #433 |
| 1916 | 173 | #430 |
| 1915 | 171 | #414 |
| 1914 | 135 | #409 |
| 1913 | 106 | #420 |
| 1912 | 103 | #380 |
| 1911 | 65 | #337 |
| 1910 | 52 | #353 |
| 1909 | 52 | #318 |
| 1908 | 45 | #335 |
| 1907 | 41 | #331 |
| 1906 | 42 | #320 |
| 1905 | 47 | #290 |
| 1904 | 40 | #312 |
| 1903 | 26 | #381 |
| 1902 | 40 | #302 |
| 1901 | 20 | #422 |
| 1900 | 44 | #319 |
| 1899 | 22 | #394 |
| 1898 | 38 | #307 |
| 1897 | 30 | #339 |
| 1896 | 25 | #388 |
| 1895 | 27 | #358 |
| 1894 | 27 | #349 |
| 1893 | 24 | #368 |
| 1892 | 19 | #445 |
| 1891 | 33 | #283 |
| 1890 | 28 | #328 |
| 1889 | 35 | #284 |
| 1888 | 34 | #308 |
| 1887 | 26 | #325 |
| 1886 | 21 | #383 |
| 1885 | 27 | #327 |
| 1884 | 24 | #360 |
| 1883 | 20 | #381 |
| 1882 | 29 | #317 |
| 1881 | 25 | #324 |
| 1880 | 26 | #334 |
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