Fitz comes from the English / French / Germanic / Scottish tradition, meaning Son or Male Descendant.
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How popular is Fitz?
2020peak year
Today, Fitz is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2572), with only about 54 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2020, 80 babies were given the name (ranked #1851 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Fitz's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 689 babies have been registered as Fitz since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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