NameTides

Fraser

Fraser was the #5,608 boys' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies), and #308 in England & Wales and #1,015 in Canada.

Fraser as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Fraser as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandCanadaUS
Fraser as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#5,608 (16)#308 (147)#116 (43)#344 (4)—#1,015 (25)
2024#4,571 (22)#306 (146)#101 (52)#305 (5)—#959 (26)
2023#7,738 (10)#310 (142)#99 (53)#395 (3)—#886 (27)
2022#6,479 (13)#305 (147)#94 (58)#414 (3)—#876 (28)
2021#5,776 (15)#284 (164)#70 (81)#433 (3)#755 (3)#1,151 (19)
2020#6,296 (13)#253 (188)#59 (85)—#741 (3)#878 (27)
2019#12,145 (5)#240 (210)#79 (80)#418 (3)—#941 (24)
2018—#226 (230)#64 (100)——#818 (29)
2017#7,095 (11)#246 (218)#73 (90)——#864 (27)
2016#12,185 (5)#238 (232)#78 (87)#320 (5)—#971 (23)
2015#12,086 (5)#240 (227)#56 (122)#342 (4)#699 (3)#1,071 (19)
2014#7,562 (10)#220 (258)#70 (104)#264 (7)—#736 (33)
2013—#207 (267)#63 (114)#343 (4)—#920 (24)
2012—#199 (276)#60 (122)#273 (6)—#837 (27)
2011—#195 (273)#53 (139)#375 (3)—#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #4,571.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 110,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Fraser is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 98,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 52,000 to 1 in 180,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FraserCanadaBoys#1,01525
FraserEngland & WalesBoys#308147
FraserIrelandBoys—too few
FraserNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
FraserScotlandBoys#11643
FraserUSBoys#5,60816