Future
Boy · FYOO-cher · English
Future is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “time yet to come”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Future mean?
English: the English word
“time yet to come”
- Say it
- FYOO-cher
Is Future a girl's or a boy's name?
Future is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Future in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Future, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer boys named Future than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Future in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Future in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
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