Frederik — #5076 US boys' name
603 babies named Frederik in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Frederik was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Frederik in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Frederik
The Social Security Administration has registered 603 babies named Frederik between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Frederik currently holds the #5076 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Frederik performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Frederik shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Frederik in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Frederik in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 603 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Frederik at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Frederik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (2024)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #5076 among boys.
603 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 19 births in a single year.
Frederik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 136 births that decade — 23% of Frederik's all-time total
Frederik decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Frederik's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Frederik by state
Where Frederik concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 603 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.