# Fraser (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fraser/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Norman |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɹeɪzə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Frazer |
| US babies named this | 551 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 551 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,617, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Scottish surname thought to be from Norman, but not corresponding to any obvious places in France; perhaps a corrupted transcription of a Middle Irish name. More at Fraser.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 12,021 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,169 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,201 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,470 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,743 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,846 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,250 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,778 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,407 |
| 2021 | 15 | 5,862 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,594 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,897 |
| 2024 | 22 | 4,608 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,686 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 273 | 195 |
| 2012 | 276 | 199 |
| 2013 | 267 | 207 |
| 2014 | 258 | 220 |
| 2015 | 227 | 240 |
| 2016 | 232 | 238 |
| 2017 | 218 | 246 |
| 2018 | 230 | 226 |
| 2019 | 210 | 240 |
| 2020 | 188 | 253 |
| 2021 | 164 | 284 |
| 2022 | 147 | 305 |
| 2023 | 142 | 310 |
| 2024 | 146 | 306 |
| 2025 | 147 | 308 |

## People named Fraser

- Fraser Forster, English association football player (born 1988)
- Fraser Aird, Canadian-Scottish footballer
- Fraser T. Smith, English record producer, songwriter and musician
- Fraser Clarke Heston, American film director, producer and screenwriter
- Fraser Fyvie, football player
- Fraser Anning, Australian politician
- Marc Davis, American artist and animator (1913-2000)
- David McTaggart, badminton player and Greenpeace founder (1932–2001)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.