Freeman
English surname for a man who held his land freely rather than as a serf, from the Old English freo, free, and mann, man.
Freeman in 2025
Freeman was given to 26 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 8,707th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 127,513 babies born.
The history of Freeman
Freeman reached its highest point in 1918, when 229 babies were given the name, ranking 821st that year. Its best-ever ranking was 640th, in 1880.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 10,996 babies have been named Freeman. Half of them were born before 1938, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Freeman by decade
| Decade | Babies named Freeman | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 267 | 640 |
| 1890s | 273 | 722 |
| 1900s | 397 | 778 |
| 1910s | 1,404 | 821 |
| 1920s | 1,903 | 889 |
| 1930s | 1,386 | 952 |
| 1940s | 1,275 | 1,055 |
| 1950s | 1,089 | 1,434 |
| 1960s | 720 | 1,754 |
| 1970s | 545 | 2,381 |
| 1980s | 479 | 2,937 |
| 1990s | 431 | 3,730 |
| 2000s | 355 | 5,494 |
| 2010s | 303 | 6,945 |
| 2020s | 169 | 7,700 |
Where Freeman is heading
Freeman has held roughly steady over the past decade, from 27 babies in 2015 to 26 in 2025.
Names like Freeman
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Freeman.