Boys' name · since 1894
Frederich
Frederich has 630 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,863 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 630
- born since 1894
- 1920s
- peak decade
630 boys have been named Frederich since 1894, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Frederich has 630 recorded births among boys since 1894, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 1986.
- #6,863 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 630 born since 1894
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frederich ranks #6,863 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 630 born since 1894, peaking in the 1920s.
- #6,863 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 630
- born since 1894
- 1920s
- peak decade
Frederich's 630 recorded births place it above 84.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Frederich's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Frederich's full recorded timeline at 1946, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1894, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Frederich popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–1986
- Peak year (1916)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Frederich by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (109 births, 17% of the file).
1920s was Frederich's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Frederich births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
86 births
- 1920s
1920s
109 births
- 1930s
1930s
79 births
- 1940s
1940s
83 births
- 1950s
1950s
94 births
- 1960s
1960s
96 births
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 109 births (17% of all-time use).
How Frederich compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Frederich's total volume
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What to do with Frederich's data
- Frederich's decade-level peak was the 1920s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Frederich: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~92 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1894–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Frederich draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.