Fulton
Boy
Fulton is a boys' name, meaning “bird”. In 2025 it ranked 2,145th for boys in the US (67 babies).
What does Fulton mean?
“bird”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Fulton a girl's or a boy's name?
Fulton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fulton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were named Fulton, making it the 2,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 73 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Fulton in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fulton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,509 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,078 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,149 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,521 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,267 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,193 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,120 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,221 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,505 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,387 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,602 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,125 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,279 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,355 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,018 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,159 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,172 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,033 |
| 1916 | 41 | #998 |
| 1915 | 44 | #941 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,023 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 21 | #689 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
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