Fredrick Boy
How popular is Fredrick?
#1,728 boy name in 2025
94 baby boys were named Fredrick in the US in 2025, making it the 1728th most popular boy name.
Fredrick popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,728 for boys (▼ 97 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 94 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,216 in 2015, #1,423 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1953 (1,341 boys) |
| Highest rank | #126 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| 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 |
Fredrick counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Fredrick family of names ranked #1,253 for boys in 2025 (#1,229 the year before), with 126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fredrick | 94 | 75% |
| Fredrik | 17 | 13% |
| Fredric | 15 | 12% |
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 Fredrick is most popular
Babies named Fredrick per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Idaho: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Nevada: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Fredrick by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 783 | #126 |
| 1890s | 617 | #173 |
| 1900s | 536 | #234 |
| 1910s | 3,248 | #228 |
| 1920s | 5,641 | #218 |
| 1930s | 5,575 | #194 |
| 1940s | 8,232 | #191 |
| 1950s | 11,347 | #189 |
| 1960s | 8,358 | #248 |
| 1970s | 7,742 | #227 |
| 1980s | 4,860 | #310 |
| 1990s | 3,409 | #467 |
| 2000s | 2,089 | #717 |
| 2010s | 1,399 | #1,133 |
| 2020s | 691 | #1,393 |
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Questions
- Is Fredrick a boy or girl name?
- Fredrick is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Fredrick were boys.
- How popular is the name Fredrick?
- 94 baby boys were named Fredrick in the US in 2025, making it the 1728th most popular boy name.
- When was Fredrick most popular?
- Fredrick peaked in 1953, when 1,341 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #126 in 1880.
- How many people are named Fredrick?
- 64,782 babies have been named Fredrick in the US since 1880. We estimate about 38,933 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Fredrick most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Fredrick was most common in Minnesota, 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.