first name
FREEMAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,236 people named Freeman, 57.3% reported their origin as White, 33.6% as Black and 3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Freeman peaked in 1918, when 229 babies got the name.
At least 10,996 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Freeman by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #720. The largest share of babies named Freeman, 30.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Freeman is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Freeman has been most common in Alabama (5.3×), Maine (4.9×), and Georgia (3.5×), and least common in California (0.17×).
5,398 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Freeman ranks #159 of 156,621, with 162,107 people. See Freeman as a last name
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