Federico
Federico was given to 73 boys in 2025, #2,043 among boys’ names; 8,976 Americans have been recorded with it since 1889 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,920 Americans named Federico and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 22 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Federico by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Federico mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Federico is “a male given name, equivalent to English Frederick” Its etymology gives the sense “peaceful ruler” (literally).
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Frederīcus, variant of Friderīcus, from Frankish *Friþurīk (literally “peaceful ruler”).
/fedeˈɾiko/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Federico?
#2,043 among boys’ names, 2025
Federico rose from #2,198 in 2015 to #2,043 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 32.3 to 42.7 per million.
148 babies in 1976, the peak
Federico peaked in 1976, when 148 boys were given it, #680 among boys’ names. The 73 births of 2025 are 49% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,043 | 42.7 |
| 2024 | 92 | #1,781 | 53.4 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,068 | 42.1 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,103 | 40.7 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,201 | 36.6 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,148 | 37.7 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,066 | 39.0 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,289 | 32.5 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,502 | 27.6 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,119 | 34.8 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 62 | #2,198 | 32.3 |
| 2014 | 82 | #1,819 | 42.7 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,027 | 35.4 |
| 2012 | 88 | #1,715 | 46.4 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,910 | 38.4 |
| 2010 | 82 | #1,798 | 42.7 |
| 2009 | 80 | #1,843 | 40.3 |
| 2008 | 105 | #1,537 | 51.5 |
| 2007 | 147 | #1,200 | 70.8 |
| 2006 | 104 | #1,471 | 50.6 |
| 2005 | 122 | #1,272 | 61.1 |
| 2004 | 123 | #1,230 | 62.0 |
| 2003 | 131 | #1,149 | 66.3 |
| 2002 | 122 | #1,159 | 62.8 |
| 2001 | 116 | #1,177 | 59.7 |
| 2000 | 110 | #1,220 | 56.0 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,162 | 58.3 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,113 | 60.2 |
| 1997 | 123 | #1,038 | 65.2 |
| 1996 | 119 | #1,032 | 62.8 |
| 1995 | 122 | #1,005 | 64.1 |
| 1994 | 110 | #1,062 | 56.9 |
| 1993 | 117 | #1,014 | 59.7 |
| 1992 | 117 | #1,002 | 58.6 |
| 1991 | 137 | #897 | 67.8 |
| 1990 | 119 | #949 | 57.9 |
| 1989 | 143 | #834 | 71.5 |
| 1988 | 100 | #964 | 52.2 |
| 1987 | 105 | #923 | 56.2 |
| 1986 | 107 | #877 | 58.1 |
| 1985 | 112 | #853 | 60.6 |
| 1984 | 107 | #850 | 59.3 |
| 1983 | 118 | #806 | 65.8 |
| 1982 | 126 | #783 | 69.4 |
| 1981 | 127 | #772 | 70.9 |
| 1980 | 131 | #765 | 73.4 |
| 1979 | 124 | #777 | 72.0 |
| 1978 | 108 | #821 | 65.8 |
| 1977 | 118 | #789 | 71.8 |
| 1976 | 148 | #680 | 94.3 |
| 1975 | 113 | #780 | 72.4 |
| 1974 | 106 | #779 | 67.4 |
| 1973 | 98 | #799 | 62.9 |
| 1972 | 116 | #735 | 71.5 |
| 1971 | 98 | #818 | 55.4 |
| 1970 | 92 | #841 | 49.5 |
| 1969 | 85 | #833 | 47.5 |
| 1968 | 73 | #853 | 42.0 |
| 1967 | 90 | #769 | 51.6 |
| 1966 | 76 | #837 | 42.6 |
| 1965 | 77 | #840 | 41.4 |
| 1964 | 68 | #923 | 34.1 |
| 1963 | 67 | #913 | 33.0 |
| 1962 | 75 | #882 | 36.3 |
| 1961 | 72 | #905 | 33.9 |
| 1960 | 78 | #862 | 36.6 |
| 1959 | 84 | #831 | 39.4 |
| 1958 | 78 | #856 | 36.8 |
| 1957 | 75 | #873 | 34.8 |
| 1956 | 61 | #961 | 28.8 |
| 1955 | 89 | #773 | 43.2 |
| 1954 | 79 | #813 | 38.7 |
| 1953 | 73 | #840 | 37.0 |
| 1952 | 61 | #907 | 31.4 |
| 1951 | 65 | #867 | 34.5 |
| 1950 | 78 | #773 | 43.6 |
| 1949 | 58 | #907 | 32.7 |
| 1948 | 81 | #752 | 46.2 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,030 | 26.8 |
| 1946 | 53 | #916 | 32.6 |
| 1945 | 50 | #905 | 37.2 |
| 1944 | 44 | #975 | 32.3 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,065 | 28.7 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,147 | 26.1 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,024 | 32.6 |
| 1940 | 48 | #921 | 41.4 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,226 | 26.2 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,014 | 36.1 |
| 1937 | 41 | #993 | 38.4 |
| 1936 | 41 | #979 | 39.5 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,027 | 37.5 |
| 1934 | 52 | #871 | 50.4 |
| 1933 | 47 | #910 | 47.4 |
| 1932 | 46 | #970 | 44.1 |
| 1931 | 67 | #764 | 64.4 |
| 1930 | 52 | #930 | 47.4 |
| 1929 | 50 | #954 | 46.5 |
| 1928 | 61 | #846 | 55.1 |
| 1927 | 61 | #868 | 54.1 |
| 1926 | 49 | #986 | 44.1 |
| 1925 | 48 | #989 | 43.0 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,113 | 37.1 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,221 | 31.9 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,147 | 35.8 |
| 1921 | 51 | #985 | 46.3 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,189 | 34.8 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,771 | 19.4 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,267 | 30.6 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,456 | 25.9 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,281 | 31.5 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,473 | 25.9 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,408 | 29.0 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,848 | 19.5 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,661 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,067 | 48.7 |
| 1910 | 14 | #836 | 72.1 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,337 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 10 | #904 | 64.8 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,165 | 45.1 |
| 1905 | 8 | #950 | 60.5 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,112 | 46.8 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,216 | 39.9 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,154 | 41.8 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,136 | 42.6 |
| 1890 | 8 | #770 | 72.1 |
| 1889 | 7 | #831 | 63.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Federico a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Federico has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 126 years of records.
Girls and boys named Federico: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Federico, and how old are they?
6,920 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 8,976 Americans ever recorded as Federico. The median Federico alive today is 37 years old; half are between 22 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 18,172 people named Federico (45 women and girls, 18,127 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,841 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 150 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 896 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,470 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,790 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,720 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 887 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Federico born?
The states with the most babies named Federico are Texas, California and Florida, with 86% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,301 | #1,315 | 4.8× |
| California | 2,047 | #1,729 | 2.2× |
| Florida | 478 | #670 | 1.4× |
| New York | 404 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 203 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 139 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Mexico | 110 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 23 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 11 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| North Carolina | 10 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Federico is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Federico is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Federico with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Federico
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Federico and names like it
- Compare Federico and FidelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sFederico peaked in 1976.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Federico since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Federico: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1976The year the most babies were named Federico.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Federico alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with FMost given first.