Freddie

Where Freddie comes from

From Fred + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Freddie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Freddie through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys, with 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1899
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1938
    Peak, #132
    1,309 babies named Freddie, its best rank.
  4. 1946
    Freddie Mercury born
    British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen
  5. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #320.
  6. 1977
    Freddie Ljungberg born
    Swedish association football player and manager
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Frederick.
Namesakes
  • Freddie Mercury · British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen, 1946–1991
  • Freddie Ljungberg · Swedish association football player and manager, born 1977
  • Freddie King · American blues guitarist and singer, 1934–1976
  • Freddie Bartholomew · American actor, 1924–1992

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.