How Many People Are Named Freeman?
people named Freeman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 80,080 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,996 babies named Freeman in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
229 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "free man". It originally denoted a person who was not a serf.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Freeman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Freeman alive today is about 51 years old, and 44% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 32 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Freeman first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 229 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Freeman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #286, in 1889 and 1891. In 2025 it ranked #4,071.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,071 |
| Best rank | #286 (1889 and 1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #438 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Freeman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Freeman were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 155 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Freeman was given 4 times as often in Alabama, 3.8 times in Maine and 3.5 times in Georgia.
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