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
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 1,309 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 73,315since 1880
Freddie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #1,509 | 116 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #1,957 | 80 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #1,999 | 76 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #1,981 | 77 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #2,173 | 65 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #1,743 | 88 |
| 2019 | — | #1,614 | 102 | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #1,733 | 89 |
| 2017 | — | #1,883 | 77 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #1,788 | 85 |
| 2015 | — | #1,790 | 84 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,812 | 82 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,420 | 117 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,466 | 110 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,577 | 98 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,536 | 105 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,309 | 133 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,233 | 141 |
| 2007 | — | #1,405 | 116 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,194 | 140 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,155 | 138 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,191 | 129 | |
| 2003 | — | #975 | 164 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #976 | 161 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #921 | 169 |
| 2000 | — | #932 | 163 | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #855 | 177 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #829 | 178 |
| 1997 | — | #747 | 201 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #756 | 197 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #757 | 203 |
| 1994 | — | #702 | 220 | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #639 | 262 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #615 | 281 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #605 | 282 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #575 | 310 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #555 | 302 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #514 | 319 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #487 | 330 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #453 | 369 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #453 | 355 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #428 | 379 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #403 | 409 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #407 | 416 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 | #369 | 473 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #361 | 490 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #368 | 469 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | #355 | 475 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | #347 | 517 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #342 | 504 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #324 | 548 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #333 | 525 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #317 | 555 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | #308 | 593 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #320 | 586 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #305 | 656 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 | #294 | 663 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | #273 | 721 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | #261 | 767 |
| 1966 | #1,715 | 43 | #256 | 800 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | #255 | 845 |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | #255 | 904 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | #250 | 915 |
| 1962 | #1,476 | 57 | #240 | 1,038 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | #235 | 1,144 |
| 1960 | #1,294 | 72 | #227 | 1,219 |
| 1959 | #1,145 | 87 | #220 | 1,246 |
| 1958 | #961 | 115 | #211 | 1,266 |
| 1957 | #1,041 | 101 | #202 | 1,340 |
| 1956 | #850 | 136 | #196 | 1,423 |
| 1955 | #809 | 143 | #186 | 1,426 |
| 1954 | #806 | 136 | #179 | 1,491 |
| 1953 | #733 | 154 | #171 | 1,548 |
| 1952 | #699 | 164 | #177 | 1,490 |
| 1951 | #645 | 183 | #165 | 1,560 |
| 1950 | #611 | 188 | #155 | 1,615 |
| 1949 | #597 | 193 | #152 | 1,673 |
| 1948 | #548 | 228 | #152 | 1,708 |
| 1947 | #555 | 234 | #153 | 1,724 |
| 1946 | #537 | 217 | #151 | 1,591 |
| 1945 | #456 | 243 | #145 | 1,427 |
| 1944 | #439 | 268 | #138 | 1,515 |
| 1943 | #463 | 256 | #143 | 1,495 |
| 1942 | #445 | 271 | #140 | 1,514 |
| 1941 | #440 | 240 | #138 | 1,412 |
| 1940 | #449 | 231 | #138 | 1,318 |
| 1939 | #457 | 213 | #138 | 1,237 |
| 1938 | #449 | 223 | #132 | 1,309 |
| 1937 | #413 | 245 | #134 | 1,165 |
| 1936 | #431 | 225 | #134 | 1,195 |
| 1935 | #419 | 238 | #145 | 1,082 |
| 1934 | #434 | 225 | #152 | 988 |
| 1933 | #437 | 217 | #156 | 925 |
| 1932 | #457 | 205 | #166 | 909 |
| 1931 | #447 | 206 | #171 | 805 |
| 1930 | #481 | 193 | #171 | 841 |
| 1929 | #433 | 230 | #172 | 822 |
| 1928 | #468 | 217 | #191 | 744 |
| 1927 | #443 | 241 | #198 | 713 |
| 1926 | #497 | 196 | #198 | 708 |
| 1925 | #473 | 214 | #213 | 647 |
| 1924 | #485 | 206 | #227 | 592 |
| 1923 | #504 | 190 | #233 | 570 |
| 1922 | #519 | 182 | #253 | 496 |
| 1921 | #544 | 170 | #251 | 497 |
| 1920 | #576 | 155 | #258 | 452 |
| 1919 | #540 | 162 | #254 | 437 |
| 1918 | #606 | 138 | #277 | 371 |
| 1917 | #572 | 138 | #271 | 354 |
| 1916 | #599 | 126 | #276 | 340 |
| 1915 | #644 | 105 | #304 | 283 |
| 1914 | #624 | 85 | #298 | 231 |
| 1913 | #645 | 64 | #307 | 167 |
| 1912 | #663 | 57 | #296 | 146 |
| 1911 | #766 | 32 | #257 | 100 |
| 1910 | #576 | 51 | #246 | 95 |
| 1909 | #594 | 42 | #254 | 76 |
| 1908 | #629 | 37 | #248 | 72 |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 | #239 | 74 |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 | #279 | 51 |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 | #295 | 46 |
| 1904 | #612 | 31 | #320 | 39 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 | #278 | 45 |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 | #312 | 38 |
| 1901 | #630 | 25 | #334 | 29 |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 | #256 | 63 |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 | #362 | 25 |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | #452 | 20 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | #339 | 30 |
| 1896 | #553 | 30 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 | #390 | 24 |
| 1894 | #568 | 26 | #336 | 28 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 | #435 | 18 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #491 | 14 |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | #640 | 9 |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1938 at #132 (1,309 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1883–2003
- Highest: 1 in 847 boys born in 1938 were named Freddie (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,725 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.0% of all boys named Freddie (15,377) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1898, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | #491 (1886) | #658 |
| 1890s | 194 | #336 (1894) | #473 |
| 1900s | 533 | #239 (1907) | #282 |
| 1910s | 2,524 | #246 (1910) | #279 |
| 1920s | 6,241 | #172 (1929) | #219 |
| 1930s | 10,456 | #132 (1938) | #150 |
| 1940s | 15,377 | #138 (1944) | #145 |
| 1950s | 14,405 | #155 (1950) | #186 |
| 1960s | 9,016 | #227 (1960) | #255 |
| 1970s | 5,428 | #305 (1970) | #332 |
| 1980s | 3,842 | #361 (1980) | #443 |
| 1990s | 2,311 | #575 (1990) | #708 |
| 2000s | 1,454 | #921 (2001) | #1,129 |
| 2010s | 949 | #1,420 (2013) | #1,662 |
| 2020s | 502 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 76,062 of them was named Freddie, which outranked 67.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,062Wilda21
- #3,062Wilhelmina21
- #3,062Zita21
- #3,177Freddie20
- #3,177Abra20
- #3,177Alanda20
- #3,177Anamaria20
- #3,276Ammy19
- #3,276Analisa19
- #3,276Anastacia19
Tied with 98 names at #3,177; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 2,735 of them was named Freddie, which outranked 94.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.