Freddy

Where Freddy comes from

From Fred + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Freddy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #982 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Peak, #321
    405 babies named Freddy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1966
    Freddy Rincón born
    Colombian footballer
  4. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #540.
  5. 1989
    Freddy Adu born
    American soccer player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Frederick.
Namesakes
  • Freddy Adu · American soccer player, born 1989
  • Freddy Rincón · Colombian footballer, 1966–2022
  • Freddy Quinn · Austrian singer-actor, born 1931
  • Freddy Rodriguez · American actor, born 1975
  • Freddy Maertens · Belgian cyclist, born 1952

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.