Fredric

#5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births

Peak · boys
1943 · 218 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,395
since 1881

Fredric over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fredric has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #421, 1943boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,86115
2024#5,90415
2023#6,22014
2022#5,87415
2021#7,08911
2020#5,69915
2019#6,77712
2018#6,34513
2017#6,33813
2016#5,78915
2015#7,06611
2014#6,30713
2013#5,17117
2012#6,00114
2011#6,25613
2010#5,74115
2009#6,80212
2008#5,76715
2007#8,1739
2006#5,78114
2005#10,1516
2004#6,13812
2003#5,87712
2002#6,52210
2001#3,06129
2000#4,38917
1999#3,48022
1998#3,48621
1997#3,35121
1996#3,40620
1995#3,30320
1994#2,68527
1993#3,50118
1992#2,99922
1991#2,34430
1990#2,01237
1989#2,20631
1988#2,14629
1987#2,72519
1986#2,05728
1985#1,91630
1984#1,76432
1983#1,78731
1982#1,65436
1981#1,72633
1980#1,59337
1979#1,27052
1978#1,45241
1977#1,25250
1976#1,34643
1975#1,18151
1974#1,33541
1973#95771
1972#97669
1971#91479
1970#95970
1969#91170
1968#85672
1967#80681
1966#88866
1965#77790
1964#78293
1963#79990
1962#77995
1961#762102
1960#738109
1959#662133
1958#695116
1957#644142
1956#611153
1955#549180
1954#555173
1953#517186
1952#489207
1951#511177
1950#459208
1949#472194
1948#472201
1947#449223
1946#450199
1945#427196
1944#509142
1943#421218
1942#435200
1941#453169
1940#478145
1939#424179
1938#452163
1937#435170
1936#459150
1935#435167
1934#487138
1933#498127
1932#588101
1931#62491
1930#74972
1929#78168
1928#88357
1927#1,09842
1926#87558
1925#93352
1924#90759
1923#1,00848
1922#87162
1921#81470
1920#87761
1919#87757
1918#73376
1917#66082
1916#75765
1915#65279
1914#74550
1913#85532
1912#78331
1911#98212
1910#1,4216
1909#1,2776
1908#1,2176
1907
1906
1905#1,0916
1904#1,0646
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900
1899#1,0515
1898
1897#9426
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#7228
1888#9176
1887
1886
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882#8376
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Fredric! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Fredric
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 43 spots since 2024 (#5,904#5,861)
  • 162 spots since 2020 (#5,699#5,861)
  • 1,205 spots since 2015 (#7,066#5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1911 (#1,421#982)
  • Biggest drop: 378 spots in 1974 (#957#1,335)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1943 at #421 (218 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1928–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,184
  • Highest: 1 in 6,184 boys born in 1939 were named Fredric (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #421 in 1943, was only 1 in 6,547 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Fredric (1,887) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s32#706 (1881)#824
1890s11#942 (1897)#997
1900s29#1,064 (1904)#1,157
1910s490#652 (1915)#847
1920s577#781 (1929)#905
1930s1,358#424 (1939)#515
1940s1,887#421 (1943)#457
1950s1,675#459 (1950)#569
1960s868#738 (1960)#810
1970s567#914 (1971)#1,164
1980s306#1,593 (1980)#1,957
1990s238#2,012 (1990)#3,057
2000s136#3,061 (2001)#6,266
2010s136#5,171 (2013)#6,179
2020s85#5,699 (2020)#6,108

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.

Fredric in 1888

boys
#917
6 births · 1 in 20,142 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #917Fredric6
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 20,142 of them was named Fredric, which outranked 22.1% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fredric
  1. #815Volney7
  2. #815Willian7
  3. #815Zollie7
  4. #917Fredric6
  5. #917Abbott6
  6. #917Alan6
  7. #917Alden6
  8. #1,031Ad5
  9. #1,031Ada5
  10. #1,031Addie5

Tied with 113 names at #917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. 416Dell#921#505
  2. 416Reed#921#505
  3. 377Simeon#819#442
  4. 375Hardy#752#377
  5. 367Hazel#921#554
Fallers
  1. 487Connie#544#1,031
  2. 448Alice#583#1,031
  3. 448Shelton#583#1,031
  4. 401Bruno#516#917
  5. 401Young#516#917

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

See the top 100 for 1888