Fread vs Fred

Side-by-side comparison of Fread and Fred — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Fread

Boy name

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Name B

Fred

Boy name · Rank #1680

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Metric Fread Fred
Current Rank Unranked #1680
Total Births (all years) 328 343,576
Peak Year 1928 1924
Peak Year Births 23 6,532
Peak Decade 1920ss 1920ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1904 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Fread Fred
1880ss — 15,602
1890ss — 14,270
1900ss 23 13,076
1910ss 73 44,345
1920ss 118 62,743
1930ss 70 56,162
1940ss 39 56,665
1950ss 5 37,446
1960ss — 23,190
1970ss — 9,426
1980ss — 4,810
1990ss — 2,779
2000ss — 1,559
2010ss — 1,042
2020ss — 461

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Fread Fred
2014 — 111
2015 — 101
2016 — 108
2017 — 105
2018 — 99
2019 — 98
2020 — 83
2021 — 98
2022 — 83
2023 — 98
2024 — 99

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1904–1953.

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