How Many People Are Named Fulton?
people named Fulton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 210,329 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,882 babies named Fulton in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
73 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the name of the town of Foulden in Norfolk, itself meaning "bird hill" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Fulton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fulton alive today is about 32 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fulton first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 2024, to 73 babies. In 2025, 67 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fulton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #607, in 1887. In 2025 it ranked #2,153.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,153 |
| Best rank | #607 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,186 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fulton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fulton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 47 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fulton was given 5.4 times as often in North Carolina and 2.1 times in Texas.
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