Fredrick
Fredrick was given to 94 boys in 2025, #1,736 among boys’ names; 64,782 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 37,600 Americans named Fredrick and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 42 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fredrick by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Fredrick mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Fredrick is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Frederick.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Fredrick?
#1,736 among boys’ names, 2025
Fredrick fell from #1,219 in 2015 to #1,736 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 78.8 to 55.0 per million.
1,346 babies in 1953, the peak
Fredrick peaked in 1953, when 1,346 babies were given it (1,341 boys, #189 among boys’ names). The 94 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #1,736 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,635 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,594 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,399 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,412 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,428 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,455 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 124 | #1,412 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 150 | #1,225 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,394 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 151 | #1,219 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 141 | #1,265 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 157 | #1,151 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 126 | #1,349 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 140 | #1,241 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 164 | #1,133 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 197 | #998 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 165 | #1,113 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 214 | #928 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 217 | #896 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 191 | #920 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 227 | #795 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 212 | #826 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 200 | #833 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 224 | #768 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 242 | #717 | 0.12 |
| 1999 | 248 | #679 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 295 | #622 | 0.15 |
| 1997 | 276 | #627 | 0.15 |
| 1996 | 308 | #584 | 0.16 |
| 1995 | 354 | #539 | 0.19 |
| 1994 | 317 | #582 | 0.16 |
| 1993 | 354 | #545 | 0.18 |
| 1992 | 398 | #507 | 0.20 |
| 1991 | 413 | #489 | 0.20 |
| 1990 | 446 | #467 | 0.22 |
| 1989 | 434 | #451 | 0.22 |
| 1988 | 373 | #477 | 0.19 |
| 1987 | 385 | #453 | 0.21 |
| 1986 | 405 | #429 | 0.22 |
| 1985 | 505 | #363 | 0.27 |
| 1984 | 471 | #374 | 0.26 |
| 1983 | 494 | #358 | 0.28 |
| 1982 | 577 | #331 | 0.32 |
| 1981 | 595 | #321 | 0.33 |
| 1980 | 621 | #310 | 0.35 |
| 1979 | 648 | #304 | 0.38 |
| 1978 | 669 | #287 | 0.41 |
| 1977 | 660 | #295 | 0.40 |
| 1976 | 634 | #294 | 0.40 |
| 1975 | 720 | #268 | 0.46 |
| 1974 | 729 | #263 | 0.46 |
| 1973 | 774 | #254 | 0.50 |
| 1972 | 944 | #228 | 0.58 |
| 1971 | 1,022 | #232 | 0.58 |
| 1970 | 942 | #247 | 0.51 |
| 1969 | 786 | #265 | 0.44 |
| 1968 | 821 | #250 | 0.47 |
| 1967 | 787 | #256 | 0.45 |
| 1966 | 843 | #248 | 0.47 |
| 1965 | 819 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1964 | 870 | #261 | 0.44 |
| 1963 | 812 | #268 | 0.40 |
| 1962 | 817 | #267 | 0.39 |
| 1961 | 898 | #262 | 0.42 |
| 1960 | 905 | #263 | 0.42 |
| 1959 | 922 | #263 | 0.43 |
| 1958 | 958 | #252 | 0.45 |
| 1957 | 1,047 | #236 | 0.49 |
| 1956 | 1,136 | #216 | 0.54 |
| 1955 | 1,169 | #209 | 0.57 |
| 1954 | 1,235 | #201 | 0.61 |
| 1953 | 1,341 | #189 | 0.68 |
| 1952 | 1,211 | #192 | 0.62 |
| 1951 | 1,166 | #194 | 0.62 |
| 1950 | 1,162 | #190 | 0.65 |
| 1949 | 1,032 | #199 | 0.58 |
| 1948 | 939 | #207 | 0.54 |
| 1947 | 917 | #211 | 0.50 |
| 1946 | 845 | #203 | 0.52 |
| 1945 | 707 | #204 | 0.53 |
| 1944 | 736 | #203 | 0.54 |
| 1943 | 796 | #202 | 0.56 |
| 1942 | 789 | #199 | 0.57 |
| 1941 | 729 | #197 | 0.59 |
| 1940 | 742 | #191 | 0.64 |
| 1939 | 629 | #198 | 0.57 |
| 1938 | 664 | #194 | 0.60 |
| 1937 | 602 | #202 | 0.56 |
| 1936 | 626 | #198 | 0.60 |
| 1935 | 545 | #220 | 0.52 |
| 1934 | 456 | #254 | 0.44 |
| 1933 | 516 | #225 | 0.52 |
| 1932 | 487 | #242 | 0.47 |
| 1931 | 502 | #234 | 0.48 |
| 1930 | 548 | #230 | 0.50 |
| 1929 | 505 | #244 | 0.47 |
| 1928 | 548 | #235 | 0.49 |
| 1927 | 563 | #235 | 0.50 |
| 1926 | 625 | #218 | 0.56 |
| 1925 | 549 | #240 | 0.49 |
| 1924 | 585 | #231 | 0.52 |
| 1923 | 587 | #223 | 0.54 |
| 1922 | 539 | #244 | 0.50 |
| 1921 | 582 | #229 | 0.53 |
| 1920 | 558 | #226 | 0.52 |
| 1919 | 467 | #244 | 0.48 |
| 1918 | 503 | #238 | 0.50 |
| 1917 | 471 | #229 | 0.51 |
| 1916 | 437 | #241 | 0.49 |
| 1915 | 426 | #232 | 0.50 |
| 1914 | 345 | #228 | 0.53 |
| 1913 | 241 | #244 | 0.47 |
| 1912 | 193 | #255 | 0.45 |
| 1911 | 95 | #266 | 0.42 |
| 1910 | 70 | #298 | 0.36 |
| 1909 | 56 | #308 | 0.34 |
| 1908 | 66 | #261 | 0.43 |
| 1907 | 57 | #277 | 0.39 |
| 1906 | 48 | #293 | 0.36 |
| 1905 | 49 | #282 | 0.37 |
| 1904 | 43 | #297 | 0.34 |
| 1903 | 59 | #235 | 0.49 |
| 1902 | 42 | #295 | 0.34 |
| 1901 | 49 | #246 | 0.46 |
| 1900 | 67 | #250 | 0.45 |
| 1899 | 43 | #255 | 0.40 |
| 1898 | 72 | #206 | 0.59 |
| 1897 | 65 | #210 | 0.58 |
| 1896 | 48 | #260 | 0.40 |
| 1895 | 62 | #220 | 0.53 |
| 1894 | 50 | #245 | 0.43 |
| 1893 | 73 | #197 | 0.65 |
| 1892 | 69 | #211 | 0.57 |
| 1891 | 55 | #215 | 0.54 |
| 1890 | 80 | #173 | 0.72 |
| 1889 | 68 | #192 | 0.61 |
| 1888 | 82 | #181 | 0.68 |
| 1887 | 82 | #153 | 0.81 |
| 1886 | 75 | #180 | 0.68 |
| 1885 | 62 | #202 | 0.58 |
| 1884 | 86 | #161 | 0.75 |
| 1883 | 84 | #155 | 0.80 |
| 1882 | 76 | #177 | 0.67 |
| 1881 | 65 | #180 | 0.65 |
| 1880 | 103 | #126 | 0.93 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Fredrick a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fredrick has been given almost only to boys: 255 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Fredrick: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fredrick, and how old are they?
37,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 64,782 Americans ever recorded as Fredrick. The median Fredrick alive today is 56 years old; half are between 42 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 32,686 people named Fredrick (84 women and girls, 32,602 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 41,176 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,390 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 12,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,490 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,280 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,650 |
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 Fredrick born?
The states with the most babies named Fredrick are California, New York and Michigan, with 20% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 4,231 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 3,898 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 3,607 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 3,449 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 3,374 | #1,591 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 3,234 | #1,154 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,897 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Florida | 2,324 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 2,155 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Alabama | 2,132 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Fredrick is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Fredrick is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.0 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 Fredrick 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, Fredrick is the second most given (18% of them). In 2025 it was given to 94 of their 925 babies (10%), again the second 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 Fredrick
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 Fredrick and names like it
- Compare Fredrick and FrederickBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sFredrick peaked in 1953.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fredrick since 1910.
- The top names of 1953The year the most babies were named Fredrick.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Fredrick alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.