# Fulton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fulton/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “bird”, “dwelling” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfʊltən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,882 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,882 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).

## What it means

Fulton is grouped under bird.

## 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 | 24 | 4,146 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3,562 |
| 2013 | 28 | 3,691 |
| 2014 | 55 | 2,351 |
| 2015 | 35 | 3,260 |
| 2016 | 42 | 2,853 |
| 2017 | 53 | 2,430 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,322 |
| 2019 | 66 | 2,153 |
| 2020 | 69 | 2,054 |
| 2021 | 70 | 2,084 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,360 |
| 2023 | 53 | 2,521 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,064 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,153 |

## People named Fulton

- Fulton Oursler, American journalist, playwright, editor and writer (1893-1952)
- Jerry Cantrell, American guitarist and singer
- Donn F. Eisele, American astronaut (1930–1987)
- Ted Stevens, American politician (1923–2010)

## 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.