Freddie

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #1,509 for boys in 2025, 116 births
Given to boys 87.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1938 · 1,309 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
73,315
since 1880

Freddie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #413, 1937peak #132, 1938girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,49114#1,509116
2024#7,25115#1,95780
2023#9,61610#1,99976
2022#8,54212#1,98177
2021#11,1468#2,17365
2020#8,40612#1,74388
2019#1,614102
2018#11,4278#1,73389
2017#1,88377
2016#14,3316#1,78885
2015#1,79084
2014#1,81282
2013#1,420117
2012#1,466110
2011#1,57798
2010#1,536105
2009#1,309133
2008#17,5045#1,233141
2007#1,405116
2006#1,194140
2005#1,155138
2004#1,191129
2003#975164
2002#15,4325#976161
2001#15,3525#921169
2000#932163
1999#12,6886#855177
1998#12,4266#829178
1997#747201
1996#11,8076#756197
1995#10,5147#757203
1994#702220
1993#5,95515#639262
1992#8,7349#615281
1991#7,43011#605282
1990#10,1937#575310
1989#8,7618#555302
1988#9,2447#514319
1987#6,33511#487330
1986#7,1349#453369
1985#10,6775#453355
1984#6,8109#428379
1983#5,45712#403409
1982#5,20913#407416
1981#3,43624#369473
1980#4,97814#361490
1979#9,0106#368469
1978#3,09825#355475
1977#3,17624#347517
1976#3,81217#342504
1975#4,85412#324548
1974#4,45913#333525
1973#4,15514#317555
1972#3,17720#308593
1971#3,94315#320586
1970#3,43518#305656
1969#2,25432#294663
1968#2,70822#273721
1967#2,07932#261767
1966#1,71543#256800
1965#1,88737#255845
1964#1,78143#255904
1963#1,78742#250915
1962#1,47657#2401,038
1961#1,55353#2351,144
1960#1,29472#2271,219
1959#1,14587#2201,246
1958#961115#2111,266
1957#1,041101#2021,340
1956#850136#1961,423
1955#809143#1861,426
1954#806136#1791,491
1953#733154#1711,548
1952#699164#1771,490
1951#645183#1651,560
1950#611188#1551,615
1949#597193#1521,673
1948#548228#1521,708
1947#555234#1531,724
1946#537217#1511,591
1945#456243#1451,427
1944#439268#1381,515
1943#463256#1431,495
1942#445271#1401,514
1941#440240#1381,412
1940#449231#1381,318
1939#457213#1381,237
1938#449223#1321,309
1937#413245#1341,165
1936#431225#1341,195
1935#419238#1451,082
1934#434225#152988
1933#437217#156925
1932#457205#166909
1931#447206#171805
1930#481193#171841
1929#433230#172822
1928#468217#191744
1927#443241#198713
1926#497196#198708
1925#473214#213647
1924#485206#227592
1923#504190#233570
1922#519182#253496
1921#544170#251497
1920#576155#258452
1919#540162#254437
1918#606138#277371
1917#572138#271354
1916#599126#276340
1915#644105#304283
1914#62485#298231
1913#64564#307167
1912#66357#296146
1911#76632#257100
1910#57651#24695
1909#59442#25476
1908#62937#24872
1907#71028#23974
1906#71626#27951
1905#66428#29546
1904#61231#32039
1903#73421#27845
1902#79719#31238
1901#63025#33429
1900#58935#25663
1899#68021#36225
1898#71921#45220
1897#78616#33930
1896#55330#46219
1895#78816#39024
1894#56826#33628
1893#86512#43518
1892#63820#7928
1891#1,0068#49713
1890#87210#6679
1889#1,2795#54912
1888#9598#8157
1887#69311#7527
1886#9936#49114
1885#57711
1884#8517#7018
1883#7996
1882
1881#5959
1880#7386#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Freddie was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Freddie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 448 spots since 2024 (#1,957#1,509)
  • 234 spots since 2020 (#1,743#1,509)
  • 281 spots since 2015 (#1,790#1,509)
  • Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1893 (#792#435)
  • Biggest drop: 295 spots in 1892 (#497#792)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1938 at #132 (1,309 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 123 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1883–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 847
  • Highest: 1 in 847 boys born in 1938 were named Freddie (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,725 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 21.0% of all boys named Freddie (15,377) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1899
  • Mostly girls until 1898, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s83#491 (1886)#658
1890s194#336 (1894)#473
1900s533#239 (1907)#282
1910s2,524#246 (1910)#279
1920s6,241#172 (1929)#219
1930s10,456#132 (1938)#150
1940s15,377#138 (1944)#145
1950s14,405#155 (1950)#186
1960s9,016#227 (1960)#255
1970s5,428#305 (1970)#332
1980s3,842#361 (1980)#443
1990s2,311#575 (1990)#708
2000s1,454#921 (2001)#1,129
2010s949#1,420 (2013)#1,662
2020s502#1,509 (2025)#1,894

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Freddie in 1920

girls
#576
155 births · 1 in 7,731 girls
boys
#258
452 births · 1 in 2,355 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #576Freddie155

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #258Freddie452
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 7,731 of them was named Freddie, which outranked 90.0% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Freddie
  1. #570Idella158
  2. #574Lavina157
  3. #575Odell156
  4. #576Freddie155
  5. #576Estell155
  6. #578Bettye154
  7. #578Elna154
  8. #580Mittie153

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 2,355 of them was named Freddie, which outranked 94.8% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Freddie
  1. #255Erwin460
  2. #256Boyd457
  3. #257Duane455
  4. #258Freddie452
  5. #259Wilmer443
  6. #260Carlton440
  7. #260Larry440
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920