Freddy Boy
How popular is Freddy?
#1,421 boy name in 2025
127 baby boys were named Freddy in the US in 2025, making it the 1421st most popular boy name.
Freddy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,421 for boys (▼ 89 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 127 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #993 in 2015, #1,262 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (436 boys) |
| Highest rank | #321 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1896 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Freddy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Freddy family of names ranked #749 for boys in 2025 (#752 the year before), with 314 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Freddy is most popular
Babies named Freddy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (158 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (59 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Freddy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #981 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 122 | #1,548 |
| 1920s | 553 | #591 |
| 1930s | 1,779 | #332 |
| 1940s | 3,578 | #321 |
| 1950s | 4,027 | #327 |
| 1960s | 2,778 | #406 |
| 1970s | 2,054 | #522 |
| 1980s | 2,585 | #502 |
| 1990s | 3,261 | #523 |
| 2000s | 3,251 | #606 |
| 2010s | 1,949 | #805 |
| 2020s | 847 | #1,242 |
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Questions
- Is Freddy a boy or girl name?
- Freddy is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Freddy were boys.
- How popular is the name Freddy?
- 127 baby boys were named Freddy in the US in 2025, making it the 1421st most popular boy name.
- When was Freddy most popular?
- Freddy peaked in 1947, when 436 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #321 in 1946.
- How many people are named Freddy?
- 26,968 babies have been named Freddy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,647 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Freddy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Freddy was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.