# Fritz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fritz/  
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 | German |
| Meaning | “frederick” |
| Pronunciation | /fɹɪts/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,683 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,683 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 2,598 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3,561 |
| 2013 | 41 | 2,819 |
| 2014 | 39 | 2,949 |
| 2015 | 43 | 2,781 |
| 2016 | 50 | 2,529 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,146 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,193 |
| 2019 | 60 | 2,298 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,633 |
| 2021 | 51 | 2,560 |
| 2022 | 51 | 2,626 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,328 |
| 2024 | 54 | 2,512 |
| 2025 | 47 | 2,727 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |

## People named Fritz

- Fritz Haber, German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
- Fritz Lang, Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German biochemist (1884-1951)
- Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist
- Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1894-1946)
- Fritz Todt, German engineer, Holocaust perpetrator, and senior Nazi figure (1891–1942)
- Fritz Strassmann, German chemist (1902–1980)
- Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer (1875-1962)
- Fritz Leiber, American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction (1910–1992)
- Fritz London, German-American physicist (1900-1954)
- Fritz Mauthner, Austrian philosopher, writer and opinion journalist (1849-1923)
- Fritz Laband, German footballer (1925–1982)

## 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.