Fuller

#5,944 in 2025Boys' name

English word name: fuller

Fuller has been given to 475 babies in the U.S. since 1886. In 2025 it ranked #5,944 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Fuller, 2025

1 in 221,000

Fuller 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fuller: meaning, origin, and history

English word name: fuller

surname transfer

What Fuller means

Fuller takes the English word fuller into personal-name use.

Origin, language, and formation

Fuller is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Fuller is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Fuller is pronounced /ˈfʊ.ləɹ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 475 boys were recorded with the name Fuller between 1886 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2025; its best national rank was #889 in 1886.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,680 in 2020 to #5,944 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,008 in 2015 to #5,944 in 2025.

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.

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How common is Fuller?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 221,000; 15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 114,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,944; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 153,194 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fuller 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 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fuller. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fullers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fuller was born before 1941 — so the typical Fuller is around 84 today.

Median birth year: 1941; About 84 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 20.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 35.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 216; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 20.8% of all recorded uses (99).

Is Fuller 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: +2,602; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +6,736; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,064; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.88×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (15)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #889; 1886

Spellings of Fuller

Fuller is not the most common spelling — Cullen is, with 46.7% against Fuller's 1.3%.

Cullen46.7%16,591
Miller31.5%11,172
Keller10.4%3,702
Cutler2.9%1,042
Butler2.8%987
Kullen2.2%790
Cuyler2.1%749
Fuller1.3%475

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Fuller by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,944
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 6,736
Best rank ever: #889; 1886
Peak year: 2025; 15 that year
First recorded: 1886
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 475
Count in 2025: 15

Names similar to Fuller

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

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Sibling names for Fuller

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

Annabell Leonor Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander

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