Fredric
Fredric was given to 15 boys in 2025, #5,943 among boys’ names; 8,395 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,170 Americans named Fredric and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 51 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fredric by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Fredric?
#5,943 among boys’ names, 2025
Fredric rose from #7,225 in 2015 to #5,943 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 5.7 to 8.8 per million.
223 babies in 1947, the peak
Fredric peaked in 1947, when 223 boys were given it, #450 among boys’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,943 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,993 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,303 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,953 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,256 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,794 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,910 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,466 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,426 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,872 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #7,225 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,408 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,240 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 14 | #6,090 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,350 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,825 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,934 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,859 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,403 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,878 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,523 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,250 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,989 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,693 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,083 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,449 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,508 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,527 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,384 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,449 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,347 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,711 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,541 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 22 | #3,032 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,356 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,020 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,209 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,157 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,754 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,067 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,931 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,773 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,794 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,660 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,738 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,602 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,278 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,186 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 41 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 71 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 69 | #980 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 79 | #916 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 70 | #962 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 70 | #913 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 72 | #857 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 81 | #808 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 66 | #891 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 90 | #780 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 93 | #782 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 90 | #800 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 95 | #780 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 102 | #762 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 109 | #738 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 133 | #661 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 116 | #697 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 142 | #644 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 153 | #612 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 180 | #548 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 173 | #555 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 186 | #516 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 207 | #488 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 177 | #511 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 208 | #459 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 194 | #471 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 201 | #472 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 223 | #450 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 199 | #451 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 196 | #427 | 0.15 |
| 1944 | 142 | #509 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 218 | #421 | 0.15 |
| 1942 | 200 | #436 | 0.14 |
| 1941 | 169 | #453 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 145 | #478 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 179 | #424 | 0.16 |
| 1938 | 163 | #452 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 170 | #435 | 0.16 |
| 1936 | 150 | #462 | 0.14 |
| 1935 | 167 | #437 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 138 | #489 | 0.13 |
| 1933 | 127 | #499 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 101 | #588 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 91 | #625 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 72 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 68 | #781 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 57 | #883 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 58 | #880 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 52 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 59 | #909 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,014 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 62 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 70 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 61 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 57 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 76 | #741 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 82 | #660 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 65 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 79 | #656 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 50 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 32 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 31 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,476 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,345 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,275 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,146 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,117 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,198 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,101 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 6 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 8 | #741 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 6 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 6 | #873 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 7 | #735 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Fredric a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fredric has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 128 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Fredric: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fredric, and how old are they?
4,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 8,395 Americans ever recorded as Fredric. The median Fredric alive today is 67 years old; half are between 51 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 4,962 people named Fredric (11 women and girls, 4,951 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,848 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 587 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,890 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 860 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 420 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 238 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 178 |
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 Fredric born?
The states with the most babies named Fredric are New York, California and Illinois, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,223 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| California | 495 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 449 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 443 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 393 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 346 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 238 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 216 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Massachusetts | 145 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 125 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Fredric is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Fredric is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Fredric with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Fredric?
Fredric is a less common spelling of Fredrick: SSA has recorded 8,395 Fredric and 64,782 Fredrick since 1880.
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 357,116 babies since 1880, Fredric is the fourth most given (2.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 925 babies (1.6%), the sixth most given that year.
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 Fredric
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 Fredric and names like it
- Compare Fredric and FredrickBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sFredric peaked in 1947.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fredric since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Fredric.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Fredric alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.