Frederick
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #435 for boys in 2025, 728 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 483 births
- Debut · boys
- 483 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 78 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 266,060since 1880
Frederick over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #435 | 728 | |
| 2024 | — | #422 | 747 | |
| 2023 | — | #506 | 596 | |
| 2022 | — | #478 | 648 | |
| 2021 | — | #476 | 629 | |
| 2020 | — | #484 | 613 | |
| 2019 | — | #476 | 615 | |
| 2018 | — | #499 | 575 | |
| 2017 | — | #499 | 581 | |
| 2016 | — | #512 | 583 | |
| 2015 | — | #515 | 558 | |
| 2014 | — | #496 | 567 | |
| 2013 | — | #492 | 556 | |
| 2012 | — | #535 | 488 | |
| 2011 | — | #540 | 472 | |
| 2010 | — | #493 | 527 | |
| 2009 | — | #538 | 491 | |
| 2008 | — | #521 | 521 | |
| 2007 | — | #530 | 484 | |
| 2006 | — | #475 | 556 | |
| 2005 | — | #450 | 569 | |
| 2004 | — | #447 | 581 | |
| 2003 | — | #432 | 587 | |
| 2002 | — | #429 | 580 | |
| 2001 | — | #408 | 614 | |
| 2000 | — | #395 | 647 | |
| 1999 | — | #384 | 673 | |
| 1998 | — | #362 | 720 | |
| 1997 | — | #356 | 711 | |
| 1996 | — | #324 | 809 | |
| 1995 | — | #316 | 830 | |
| 1994 | — | #299 | 903 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #291 | 948 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #275 | 1,038 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #246 | 1,135 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #252 | 1,076 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #238 | 1,114 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #219 | 1,179 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #213 | 1,170 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #198 | 1,269 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #197 | 1,224 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #197 | 1,221 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #179 | 1,437 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #186 | 1,365 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #170 | 1,471 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #161 | 1,606 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #158 | 1,639 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #158 | 1,533 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #152 | 1,627 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #145 | 1,731 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #141 | 1,786 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #135 | 1,928 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | #120 | 2,183 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | #116 | 2,438 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #108 | 2,973 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #115 | 2,887 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | #116 | 2,772 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #113 | 2,610 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #110 | 2,815 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #109 | 2,884 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | #106 | 3,154 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #105 | 3,357 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #117 | 3,127 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | #116 | 3,257 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | #117 | 3,315 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 | #114 | 3,477 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | #114 | 3,550 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | #110 | 3,640 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #99 | 4,010 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | #91 | 4,306 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #86 | 4,552 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #83 | 4,743 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #80 | 4,865 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | #76 | 4,979 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #78 | 4,984 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #75 | 4,659 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #70 | 4,748 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #75 | 4,516 |
| 1947 | — | #78 | 4,637 | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | #75 | 4,231 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #77 | 3,437 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #73 | 3,583 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #70 | 3,840 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #68 | 3,738 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #69 | 3,288 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #68 | 3,096 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #71 | 2,972 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #71 | 2,935 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #68 | 2,878 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #70 | 2,817 |
| 1935 | — | #73 | 2,582 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #77 | 2,431 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #78 | 2,321 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #73 | 2,501 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #73 | 2,471 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #74 | 2,694 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | #67 | 2,813 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | #67 | 2,882 |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 | #64 | 3,048 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | #64 | 3,120 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #65 | 3,088 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #62 | 3,279 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #60 | 3,278 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #60 | 3,353 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | #61 | 3,376 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #60 | 3,275 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #64 | 2,932 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #59 | 3,351 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #51 | 3,455 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | #52 | 3,325 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #52 | 3,159 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #52 | 2,415 |
| 1913 | — | #49 | 1,996 | |
| 1912 | — | #51 | 1,564 | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #52 | 802 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #69 | 543 |
| 1909 | — | #64 | 477 | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #68 | 438 |
| 1907 | — | #68 | 410 | |
| 1906 | — | #66 | 377 | |
| 1905 | — | #67 | 381 | |
| 1904 | — | #63 | 390 | |
| 1903 | — | #63 | 341 | |
| 1902 | — | #70 | 330 | |
| 1901 | — | #60 | 336 | |
| 1900 | — | #64 | 420 | |
| 1899 | — | #55 | 350 | |
| 1898 | — | #60 | 368 | |
| 1897 | — | #56 | 369 | |
| 1896 | — | #57 | 381 | |
| 1895 | — | #54 | 406 | |
| 1894 | — | #54 | 413 | |
| 1893 | — | #47 | 432 | |
| 1892 | — | #48 | 453 | |
| 1891 | — | #44 | 412 | |
| 1890 | — | #43 | 410 | |
| 1889 | — | #44 | 451 | |
| 1888 | — | #42 | 496 | |
| 1887 | — | #37 | 464 | |
| 1886 | — | #40 | 461 | |
| 1885 | — | #37 | 466 | |
| 1884 | — | #42 | 454 | |
| 1883 | — | #37 | 438 | |
| 1882 | — | #37 | 457 | |
| 1881 | — | #36 | 433 | |
| 1880 | — | #33 | 483 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Frederick was already there! It came in at #33, and was given to 483 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1909, when fewer than 480 boys a year got the name.
See more about Frederick
- 13 spots since 2024 (#422 → #435)
- 49 spots since 2020 (#484 → #435)
- 80 spots since 2015 (#515 → #435)
- Biggest jump: 84 spots in 2024 (#506 → #422)
- Biggest drop: 55 spots in 2007 (#475 → #530)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #33 (483 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 219 boys born in 1887 were named Frederick (0.46%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,346 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #33 in 1880, was only 1 in 229 (0.44%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.6% of all boys named Frederick (44,288) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,603 | #33 (1880) | #39 |
| 1890s | 3,994 | #43 (1890) | #52 |
| 1900s | 3,900 | #60 (1901) | #65 |
| 1910s | 23,542 | #49 (1913) | #55 |
| 1920s | 31,512 | #60 (1922) | #63 |
| 1930s | 26,602 | #68 (1937) | #73 |
| 1940s | 39,114 | #68 (1942) | #72 |
| 1950s | 44,288 | #75 (1950) | #89 |
| 1960s | 30,768 | #105 (1964) | #112 |
| 1970s | 20,725 | #108 (1971) | #135 |
| 1980s | 13,056 | #161 (1980) | #196 |
| 1990s | 8,843 | #246 (1991) | #311 |
| 2000s | 5,630 | #395 (2000) | #463 |
| 2010s | 5,522 | #476 (2019) | #506 |
| 2020s | 3,961 | #422 (2024) | #467 |
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.
Frederick in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 120,870 of them was named Frederick, which outranked 51.8% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,597Wesley14
- #2,597Willadean14
- #2,597Zadie14
- #2,739Frederick13
- #2,739Acquanetta13
- #2,739Agustina13
- #2,739Alejandra13
- #2,880Adair12
- #2,880Adrianna12
- #2,880Alayne12
Tied with 140 names at #2,739; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 384 of them was named Frederick, which outranked 98.1% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.