Fitzroy
Fitzroy is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Fitzroy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fitzroy is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Fitzroy
The earliest SSA record of Fitzroy as a baby boy name dates back to 1964, when 5 babies received it. 1989 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Fitzroy — #3,618 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Fitzroy on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Fitzroy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 184 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Fitzroy
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Fitzroy. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Fitzroy
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About the name Fitzroy
Fitzroy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 184 births in the dataset. Fitzroy's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #3,618. Use the chart and map above to compare Fitzroy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.