Fredrick

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 103 births
Debut · boys
103 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
64,527
since 1880

Fredrick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fredrick has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #126, 1880boys
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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#1,72894
2024#1,631104
2023#1,591109
2022#1,393133
2021#1,407130
2020#1,423121
2019#1,450120
2018#1,408124
2017#1,219150
2016#1,389126
2015#1,216151
2014#1,264141
2013#1,149157
2012#1,346126
2011#1,240140
2010#1,133164
2009#998197
2008#1,111165
2007#925214
2006#896217
2005#919191
2004#795227
2003#826212
2002#832200
2001#766224
2000#718242
1999#681248
1998#621295
1997#624276
1996#584308
1995#539354
1994#582317
1993#545354
1992#506398
1991#489413
1990#468446
1989#451434
1988#11,7985#477373
1987#453385
1986#429405
1985#363505
1984#374471
1983#10,2755#358494
1982#9,2376#331577
1981#8,1287#321595
1980#6,7899#310621
1979#6,6969#304648
1978#7,6497#287669
1977#295660
1976#5,60110#294634
1975#5,51610#268720
1974#8,7755#263729
1973#5,5809#254774
1972#3,71416#227944
1971#4,12314#2321,022
1970#5,8188#247942
1969#5,4568#265786
1968#4,7799#250821
1967#3,84512#256787
1966#5,8096#248843
1965#4,4949#258819
1964#4,09611#260870
1963#6,5925#268812
1962#5,2937#267817
1961#5,8516#262898
1960#263905
1959#5,5666#263922
1958#4,8907#252958
1957#4,9187#2361,047
1956#2161,136
1955#2091,169
1954#3,32512#2011,235
1953#5,6735#1891,341
1952#1921,211
1951#1941,166
1950#4,7386#1901,162
1949#1991,032
1948#207939
1947#211917
1946#203845
1945#204707
1944#203736
1943#3,4938#202796
1942#199789
1941#197729
1940#191742
1939#198629
1938#194664
1937#202602
1936#198626
1935#220545
1934#254456
1933#224516
1932#3,9016#242487
1931#233502
1930#230548
1929#4,5705#244505
1928#235548
1927#234563
1926#218625
1925#240549
1924#231585
1923#223587
1922#244539
1921#229582
1920#226558
1919#244467
1918#238503
1917#229471
1916#241437
1915#232426
1914#228345
1913#244241
1912#255193
1911#26695
1910#29670
1909#30756
1908#26166
1907#27757
1906#29348
1905#28149
1904#29443
1903#23459
1902#29142
1901#24549
1900#25067
1899#25443
1898#20672
1897#20965
1896#26048
1895#22062
1894#24050
1893#19773
1892#21069
1891#21455
1890#17380
1889#19168
1888#18182
1887#15182
1886#18075
1885#20262
1884#16186
1883#15584
1882#17776
1881#17865
1880#126103
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Fredrick was already there! It came in at #126, and was given to 103 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1907, when fewer than 60 boys a year got the name.

See more about Fredrick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 97 spots since 2024 (#1,631#1,728)
  • 305 spots since 2020 (#1,423#1,728)
  • 512 spots since 2015 (#1,216#1,728)
  • Biggest jump: 113 spots in 2009 (#1,111#998)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 2008 (#925#1,111)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #126 (103 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 129 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,073
  • Highest: 1 in 1,073 boys born in 1880 were named Fredrick (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.6% of all boys named Fredrick (11,347) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s783#126 (1880)#170
1890s617#173 (1890)#218
1900s536#234 (1903)#273
1910s3,248#228 (1914)#247
1920s5,641#218 (1926)#232
1930s5,575#194 (1938)#220
1940s8,232#191 (1940)#202
1950s11,347#189 (1953)#214
1960s8,358#248 (1966)#260
1970s7,742#227 (1972)#267
1980s4,860#310 (1980)#387
1990s3,409#468 (1990)#564
2000s2,089#718 (2000)#879
2010s1,399#1,133 (2010)#1,281
2020s691#1,393 (2022)#1,529

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.

Fredrick in 1929

girls
#4,570
5 births · 1 in 223,312 girls
boys
#244
505 births · 1 in 2,130 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #4,570Fredrick5

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #244Fredrick505
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Fredrick, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fredrick
  1. #4,053Zillah6
  2. #4,053Zollie6
  3. #4,053Zorka6
  4. #4,570Fredrick5
  5. #4,570Adabelle5
  6. #4,570Adelyne5
  7. #4,570Adonna5

Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 2,130 of them was named Fredrick, which outranked 94.6% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fredrick
  1. #241Grady506
  2. #241Loyd506
  3. #241Troy506
  4. #244Fredrick505
  5. #245Sherman503
  6. #246Carlton502
  7. #247Irwin499
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929