Frederick
Frederick is ranked 423rd among boys in 2024 (741 births). Its best rank was 33rd, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #423up 83 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7410.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 19514,984 births
- Best rank
- #33in 1880
- Since 1880
- 266,429people given the name
The story in the numbers
265,324 boys have been named Frederick in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1951, with 4,984 births — 0.26% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 495 → 423).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 78 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,105 girls have also been given it, 0.41% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Frederick | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,603 | |
| 1890s | 3,994 | |
| 1900s | 3,900 | |
| 1910s | 23,542 | |
| 1920s | 31,512 | |
| 1930s | 26,602 | |
| 1940s | 39,113 | |
| 1950s | 44,285 | |
| 1960s | 30,768 | |
| 1970s | 20,726 | |
| 1980s | 13,057 | |
| 1990s | 8,843 | |
| 2000s | 5,630 | |
| 2010s | 5,522 | |
| 2020s | 3,227 |
In 1951, its biggest year
Frederick was the 78th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1951 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1951.
Names that rose and fell with Frederick
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Johnpeak 1947
- Edwardpeak 1924
- Charlespeak 1947
- Williampeak 1947
- Shermanpeak 1950
- Fredericpeak 1947
- Edmondpeak 1920
- Nedpeak 1939
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.