Boys' name · since 1939
Friddie
Since 1939, U.S. Social Security records show 49 babies named Friddie, peaking in 1950. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,298 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
49 boys have been named Friddie since 1939, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Friddie has 49 recorded births among boys since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1961.
- #22,298 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 49 born since 1939
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Friddie ranks #22,298 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1939, peaking in the 1940s.
- #22,298 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
Friddie's 49 recorded births place it above 50.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Friddie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Friddie splits its recorded history at 1950: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1950 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Friddie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1961
- Peak year (1950)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Friddie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (16 births, 33% of the file).
1940s was Friddie's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Friddie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
15 births
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 16 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Friddie's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1960s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Friddie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 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, 1939–1961 (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 Friddie 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.