Frederic
Frederic was given to 42 boys in 2025, #2,952 among boys’ names; 14,440 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,540 Americans named Frederic and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 42 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Frederic by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Frederic mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Frederic is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, a French-style spelling variant of Frederick.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Frederic?
#2,952 among boys’ names, 2025
Frederic rose from #2,987 in 2015 to #2,952 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 20.3 to 24.6 per million.
299 babies in 1947, the peak
Frederic peaked in 1947, when 299 boys were given it, #397 among boys’ names. The 42 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,952 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,885 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,074 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,359 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,932 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,292 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,115 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,260 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,608 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,902 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | #2,987 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,724 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,785 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,251 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,923 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,730 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,199 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,441 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,395 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,103 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,722 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,967 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,213 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,567 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,753 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,262 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,239 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,243 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,895 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 56 | #1,691 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,109 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,020 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,873 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,703 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,705 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 62 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,444 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,114 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 95 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 79 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 75 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 64 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 98 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 93 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 87 | #861 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 135 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 145 | #688 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 129 | #698 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 135 | #649 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 135 | #641 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 116 | #687 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 142 | #634 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 136 | #664 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 127 | #689 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 139 | #658 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 144 | #653 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 143 | #651 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 152 | #627 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 186 | #565 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 188 | #562 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 214 | #515 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 224 | #490 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 225 | #479 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 229 | #465 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 276 | #415 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 241 | #434 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 238 | #431 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 271 | #409 | 0.15 |
| 1948 | 255 | #420 | 0.15 |
| 1947 | 299 | #397 | 0.16 |
| 1946 | 288 | #386 | 0.18 |
| 1945 | 224 | #401 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 208 | #419 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 245 | #389 | 0.17 |
| 1942 | 257 | #380 | 0.19 |
| 1941 | 212 | #400 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 197 | #412 | 0.17 |
| 1939 | 207 | #393 | 0.19 |
| 1938 | 221 | #379 | 0.20 |
| 1937 | 192 | #407 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 175 | #421 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 142 | #477 | 0.14 |
| 1934 | 185 | #410 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 175 | #410 | 0.18 |
| 1932 | 141 | #482 | 0.14 |
| 1931 | 141 | #480 | 0.14 |
| 1930 | 163 | #465 | 0.15 |
| 1929 | 165 | #458 | 0.15 |
| 1928 | 144 | #504 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 167 | #470 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 169 | #462 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 157 | #484 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 174 | #468 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 180 | #454 | 0.16 |
| 1922 | 169 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 202 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 193 | #434 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 151 | #485 | 0.15 |
| 1918 | 202 | #413 | 0.20 |
| 1917 | 218 | #383 | 0.24 |
| 1916 | 202 | #390 | 0.23 |
| 1915 | 240 | #343 | 0.28 |
| 1914 | 173 | #358 | 0.26 |
| 1913 | 134 | #360 | 0.26 |
| 1912 | 118 | #349 | 0.27 |
| 1911 | 40 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 44 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1909 | 31 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1908 | 31 | #430 | 0.20 |
| 1907 | 15 | #678 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 19 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 29 | #396 | 0.22 |
| 1904 | 16 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 19 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 18 | #513 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 16 | #495 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 10 | #862 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 22 | #395 | 0.21 |
| 1898 | 26 | #386 | 0.21 |
| 1897 | 29 | #347 | 0.26 |
| 1896 | 17 | #509 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 14 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 16 | #507 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 9 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 10 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 16 | #447 | 0.16 |
| 1890 | 21 | #395 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 23 | #374 | 0.21 |
| 1888 | 19 | #433 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 20 | #370 | 0.20 |
| 1886 | 13 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 32 | #302 | 0.30 |
| 1884 | 26 | #347 | 0.23 |
| 1883 | 20 | #385 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 25 | #358 | 0.22 |
| 1881 | 13 | #491 | 0.13 |
| 1880 | 22 | #365 | 0.20 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Frederic a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Frederic has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Frederic: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Frederic, and how old are they?
6,540 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 14,440 Americans ever recorded as Frederic. The median Frederic alive today is 61 years old; half are between 42 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 9,345 people named Frederic (15 women and girls, 9,330 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,336 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Frederic rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 729 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,530 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,440 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 789 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 541 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 505 |
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 Frederic born?
The states with the most babies named Frederic are New York, California and Massachusetts, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,059 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| California | 1,018 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 1,002 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 770 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 649 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 569 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 544 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 483 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Wisconsin | 413 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Connecticut | 240 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Frederic is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Frederic is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 2.3 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 Frederic with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 357,250 babies since 1880, Frederic is the third most given (4.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 42 of their 925 babies (4.5%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Frederic
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 Frederic and names like it
- Compare Frederic and FrederickBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sFrederic peaked in 1947.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Frederic since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Frederic.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Frederic alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.