Fred

Where Fred comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Fred.

Fred through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #15 among boys, with 1,569 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #14
    1,562 babies named Fred, its best rank.
  3. 1915
    Fred Hoyle born
    British astronomer
  4. 1928
    Fred Rogers born
    American television personality
  5. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #265.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Fred Rogers · American television personality, 1928–2003
  • Fred Hoyle · British astronomer, 1915–2001
  • Fred Zinnemann · Austrian film director, 1907–1997
  • Fred Thompson · American politician and actor, 1942–2015
  • Fred Durst · American singer, rapper, actor and director, born 1970

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.