Fleeta vs Fleming
American parents have registered 1,017 Flemings since 1880, against 728 Fleetas. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Fleeta Fleming
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 97 years in which either name was published, Fleming for 70 years and Fleeta for 27 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.
- 1880–1883 Fleming ahead
- 1890–1910 Fleeta ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1911–1920 Fleming ahead
- 1921–1923 Fleeta ahead
- 1924–2006 Fleming ahead, apart from 3 short spells
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Fleeta | Fleming | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 728 | 1,017 |
| Most in one year | 27 | 27 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 140 | 270 |
| Median age today | 78 | 68 |
| Peak year | 1921 | 1917 |
| Best rank | 1,625th girls | 1,322nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1884 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 728 / 0 | 0 / 1,017 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Fleetas alive today are over 78; half the Flemings are over 68. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Fleeta and Fleming.