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Frederick

boy name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
3
Peak era
1890s/1910s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

peaceful ruler

Goes by Fred, Freddie, Fritz. See all nicknames

Famously borne by the reigning King Frederik X of Denmark.

The story

Frederick is Germanic, the peaceful ruler, and it is one of the ledger's true giants: about 261,500 American boys across the record, with a crest of 44,400 in the 1950s and five-figure decades without a break from the 1910s through the 1980s. Its most towering American bearer chose the name himself: Frederick Douglass, born enslaved and unnamed by law, took Frederick as a free man and made it synonymous with eloquence and courage. The long vintage fade ran to about 5,500 in the 2010s, and this decade holds 4,000 so far with years to run. Fred, the everyday form, carries about 330,000 and its own story here; Freddie and Freddy wait inside. A ruler in the root, an orator in the record, and a curve that spent a century earning the word classic.

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Frederick across languages

One shared root links 6 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: from Germanic frid "peace" + ric "ruler", a German royal staple the English re-imported with the Hanoverians

The constellation

FrederickEnglishFedericoSpanish

More branches

FredrickEnglish · variantFredericFrench · variantFredEnglish · short formFreddyEnglish · diminutive

How popular is Frederick around the world?

In the United States, 3,961 babies were named Frederick between 2020 and 2025. In England and Wales, 954 boys named Frederick were born in 2025, the 52nd most common name among boys that year.

Frederick is on the official records of the United States, England and Wales, New South Wales, New Zealand, South Australia, Scotland, Canada, Ireland, Austria, Chile, Poland, Mexico City, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 5,500

In the United States, 3,961 babies were named Frederick between 2020 and 2025.

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Frederick peaked in the 1890s and the 1910s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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England and Wales

1 in 610

In England and Wales, 954 boys named Frederick were born in 2025, the 52nd most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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New South Wales

#78 · 2025

In New South Wales, 104 boys named Frederick were registered in 2025, ranked 78th in that year’s top 100 for boys.

1952peak 2025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

1 in 1,500

In New Zealand, 38 boys named Frederick were registered in 2025.

peak 19042025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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South Australia

1 in 1,800 · 2017

In South Australia, 10 boys were registered as Frederick in 2017.

peak 19472017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Scotland

1 in 2,400

In Scotland, 19 boys named Frederick were registered in 2024, the 218th most common name among boys that year.

1974peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Canada

1 in 2,900

In Canada, 126 boys named Frederick were born in 2024, the 257th most common name among boys that year.

peak 19922024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

1 in 4,500

In Ireland, 12 boys named Frederick were born in 2025, the 329th most common name among boys that year.

peak 19662025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Austria

1 in 13,000

In Austria, 6 boys named Frederick were born in 2025, the 648th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2024

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Chile

1 in 45,000

In Chile, 4 boys were registered as Frederick in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 19892021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Poland

1 in 82,000

In Poland, 3 boys named Frederick were born in 2025, the 581st most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 20152025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Mexico City City

1 in 120,000

In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Frederick in 2022.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Spain

1 in 240,000

In Spain, 190 residents are named Frederick, ranked 4,842nd among men, with a mean age of 42.3 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Brazil

1 in 330,000

At the 2022 census, 612 people in Brazil were named Frederick, ranked 11,636th, with a median age of 33.
Among people named Frederick living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

1950speak 1980s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Argentina

last on record 2023

Frederick is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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France

last on record 2024

Frederick is not on the 2025 record for France, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

1900peak 19762025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Frederick, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Montevideo City

last on record 2009

Frederick is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2009

Frederick is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 59 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 20092025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Frederick

People given the name Frederick in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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