first name
FRITZ
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,533 people named Fritz, 49.5% reported their origin as White, 38.2% as Black and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Fritz peaked in 1956, when 107 babies got the name.
At least 6,683 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.
Fritz by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #949. The largest share of babies named Fritz, 23.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Fritz is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fritz has been most common in New York (2.8×), Florida (2.6×), and Texas (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.4×).
2,001 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.
Either side of Fritz
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fritz, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Fritz ranks #1,099 of 156,621, with 31,402 people. See Fritz as a last name
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