Fritz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FRITS
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,718 for boys
Fritz is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peaceful ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Fritz mean?
Germanic: German pet form of Friedrich (Frederick)
“peaceful ruler”
Frederick the Great of Prussia was affectionately known as der Alte Fritz, 'Old Fritz'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Fritz a girl's or a boy's name?
Fritz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fritz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,718th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Fritz, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 107 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Fritz than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Fritz in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fritz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,291 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 50 | #2,518 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,763 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,484 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,322 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,108 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,129 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,014 |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,000 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1968 | 62 | #920 |
| 1967 | 60 | #931 |
| 1966 | 65 | #895 |
| 1965 | 71 | #870 |
| 1964 | 91 | #788 |
| 1963 | 77 | #855 |
| 1962 | 85 | #821 |
| 1961 | 87 | #816 |
| 1960 | 91 | #798 |
| 1959 | 90 | #806 |
| 1958 | 93 | #770 |
| 1957 | 103 | #737 |
| 1956 | 107 | #709 |
| 1955 | 87 | #779 |
| 1954 | 96 | #734 |
| 1953 | 90 | #748 |
| 1952 | 68 | #844 |
| 1951 | 76 | #805 |
| 1950 | 69 | #818 |
| 1949 | 65 | #848 |
| 1948 | 68 | #823 |
| 1947 | 61 | #888 |
| 1946 | 57 | #869 |
| 1945 | 55 | #845 |
| 1944 | 44 | #974 |
| 1943 | 59 | #869 |
| 1942 | 55 | #888 |
| 1941 | 62 | #798 |
| 1940 | 69 | #738 |
| 1939 | 72 | #700 |
| 1938 | 59 | #808 |
| 1937 | 77 | #682 |
| 1936 | 64 | #756 |
| 1935 | 79 | #670 |
| 1934 | 70 | #730 |
| 1933 | 63 | #770 |
| 1932 | 58 | #836 |
| 1931 | 70 | #733 |
| 1930 | 60 | #841 |
| 1929 | 60 | #844 |
| 1928 | 65 | #814 |
| 1927 | 71 | #780 |
| 1926 | 68 | #793 |
| 1925 | 60 | #858 |
| 1924 | 71 | #797 |
| 1923 | 63 | #853 |
| 1922 | 64 | #855 |
| 1921 | 64 | #868 |
| 1920 | 71 | #792 |
| 1919 | 55 | #898 |
| 1918 | 76 | #733 |
| 1917 | 75 | #699 |
| 1916 | 83 | #641 |
| 1915 | 78 | #657 |
| 1914 | 52 | #724 |
| 1913 | 44 | #681 |
| 1912 | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 14 | #822 |
| 1909 | 17 | #653 |
| 1908 | 17 | #632 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 23 | #477 |
| 1899 | 18 | #438 |
| 1898 | 15 | #543 |
| 1897 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 15 | #534 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 17 | #480 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 23 | #394 |
| 1891 | 17 | #427 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 21 | #388 |
| 1888 | 23 | #387 |
| 1887 | 16 | #420 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 17 | #439 |
| 1884 | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 |
Names like Fritz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Frank, Charles, Frederick, William, Henry, Charlie, Walter, Archie, Lewis, Louis, George, Otto
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Lottie, Avery
Sources
Figures from 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, “Fritz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fritz, updated 20 October 2026.