Fitzroy

#9,171 in 2025Boys' name

Son of the king

Fitzroy has been given to 192 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #9,171 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Fitzroy, 2025

1 in 414,000

Fitzroy over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fitzroy: meaning, origin, and history

Son of the king

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fitzroy means

Fitzroy means “son of the king”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 192 boys were recorded with the name Fitzroy between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1989; its best national rank was #3,677 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Fitzroy?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,171; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fitzroy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fitzroy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fitzroys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fitzroy was born before 1990 — so the typical Fitzroy is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 34.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 17.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 192; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 34.4% of all recorded uses (66).

Is Fitzroy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 53.3%; Peak was 1989 (15)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,677; 1989

Where Fitzroy is used

Across 1910–2025, Fitzroy was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 324,972 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Fitzroy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Fitzroy around the world

Where Fitzroy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2003–2025
#5,137
in 2025
Canada
2023–2023
#3,103
in 2023
South Australia
2013–2013
#754
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Fitzroy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,171
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #3,677; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 15 that year
First recorded: 1964
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 192
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Fitzroy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Conroy Glenroy Fitzhugh Gregroy Kenroy Fitzpatrick Melroy Letroy Fitz Fitzwilliam Deroy Kroy Alroy Fitzgerald Detroy Latroy Gilroy Leeroy Delroy Croy Robroy Learoy Corduroy Mcelroy

Sibling names for Fitzroy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kacy Kala Anthony Ashely Chantelle Alesha Shelbi Shelbie

For a brother

Derrell Garrick Coty Elizabeth Kelsey Bradly Arron Laron

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