Boys' name · since 1920
Frederik
632 babies named Frederik in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,776 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 632
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Frederik currently ranks #3776 among boys' names in America, with 632 babies recorded since 1920.
Frederik has 632 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3776 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #6,855 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,776 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 632 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frederik ranks #6,855 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,776 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 632 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,776 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 632
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Frederik's 632 recorded births place it above 84.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Frederik compares
632 Top 40% higher than 60% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Frederik's all-time total is 71% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Frederik | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 632 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Frederik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Frederik's full recorded timeline at 1992, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Frederik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Frederik by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 22% of the file).
2010s was Frederik's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Frederik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 9
1920s
9 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
58 births
- 1960s
1960s
57 births
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s
2020s
108 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (22% of all-time use).
How Frederik 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 Frederik's total volume
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 632 births nationwide.
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What to do with Frederik's data
- Frederik's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (108) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Frederiks (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Frederik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Frederik 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.