Federico

Where Federico comes from

Federico hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #789 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1898
    Federico García Lorca born
    Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer
  3. 1920
    Federico Fellini born
    Italian filmmaker
  4. 1976
    Peak, #679
    148 babies named Federico — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,905.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Federico Fellini · Italian filmmaker, 1920–1993
  • Federico García Lorca · Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer, 1898–1936
  • Federico Valverde · Uruguayan professional footballer, born 1998
  • Federico Chiesa · Italian association football player, born 1997
  • Federico Bernardeschi · Italian association football player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.