Furious
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FYOOR-ee-us
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Furious is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “full of fury”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Furious mean?
English: English word, from Latin furiosus
“full of fury”
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Is Furious a girl's or a boy's name?
Furious is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Furious in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Furious, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Furious in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Furious in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Furious
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Furious: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/furious, updated 20 October 2026.