Freddy
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #1,421 for boys in 2025, 127 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 405 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,796since 1896
Freddy over time
Rank among boys' names. Freddy has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,421 | 127 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,332 | 144 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,242 | 157 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,322 | 142 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,383 | 132 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,262 | 145 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,303 | 141 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,128 | 171 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,153 | 164 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,216 | 155 | |
| 2015 | — | #993 | 207 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,014 | 201 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,014 | 192 | |
| 2012 | — | #909 | 227 | |
| 2011 | — | #906 | 223 | |
| 2010 | — | #805 | 268 | |
| 2009 | — | #784 | 289 | |
| 2008 | — | #712 | 327 | |
| 2007 | — | #700 | 333 | |
| 2006 | — | #643 | 361 | |
| 2005 | — | #651 | 333 | |
| 2004 | — | #642 | 324 | |
| 2003 | — | #606 | 344 | |
| 2002 | — | #641 | 302 | |
| 2001 | — | #607 | 323 | |
| 2000 | — | #608 | 315 | |
| 1999 | — | #608 | 301 | |
| 1998 | — | #640 | 276 | |
| 1997 | — | #602 | 293 | |
| 1996 | — | #568 | 322 | |
| 1995 | — | #555 | 335 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #584 | 315 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #546 | 352 |
| 1992 | — | #523 | 371 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #536 | 356 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #542 | 340 |
| 1989 | — | #503 | 359 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #543 | 288 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #528 | 290 |
| 1986 | — | #563 | 249 | |
| 1985 | — | #547 | 258 | |
| 1984 | — | #559 | 234 | |
| 1983 | — | #550 | 232 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #553 | 244 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #582 | 216 |
| 1980 | — | #586 | 215 | |
| 1979 | — | #625 | 187 | |
| 1978 | — | #597 | 196 | |
| 1977 | — | #576 | 210 | |
| 1976 | — | #538 | 224 | |
| 1975 | — | #578 | 194 | |
| 1974 | — | #581 | 191 | |
| 1973 | — | #540 | 208 | |
| 1972 | — | #522 | 229 | |
| 1971 | — | #587 | 196 | |
| 1970 | — | #550 | 219 | |
| 1969 | — | #555 | 201 | |
| 1968 | — | #540 | 195 | |
| 1967 | — | #496 | 228 | |
| 1966 | — | #468 | 266 | |
| 1965 | — | #477 | 267 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #470 | 284 |
| 1963 | — | #442 | 324 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #463 | 297 |
| 1961 | — | #437 | 333 | |
| 1960 | — | #406 | 383 | |
| 1959 | — | #422 | 356 | |
| 1958 | — | #414 | 358 | |
| 1957 | — | #376 | 422 | |
| 1956 | — | #357 | 426 | |
| 1955 | — | #349 | 430 | |
| 1954 | — | #359 | 404 | |
| 1953 | — | #342 | 407 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #349 | 389 |
| 1951 | — | #337 | 408 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #327 | 427 |
| 1949 | — | #332 | 424 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #334 | 405 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #327 | 436 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #321 | 405 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #324 | 335 |
| 1944 | — | #339 | 311 | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #333 | 334 |
| 1942 | — | #331 | 337 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #344 | 285 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #324 | 306 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #332 | 277 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #360 | 240 |
| 1937 | — | #360 | 225 | |
| 1936 | — | #402 | 188 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #400 | 187 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #427 | 174 |
| 1933 | — | #524 | 117 | |
| 1932 | — | #515 | 125 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #512 | 126 |
| 1930 | — | #549 | 120 | |
| 1929 | — | #591 | 104 | |
| 1928 | — | #708 | 80 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #733 | 79 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #803 | 67 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #945 | 51 |
| 1924 | — | #1,117 | 41 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,041 | 46 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,242 | 34 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,448 | 27 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,543 | 24 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
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| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Freddy! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1908, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Freddy is popular in 1962
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#241 · 1 in 1,327
- Texas#285 · 1 in 1,755
- Arkansas#291 · 1 in 2,446
- Alabama#303 · 1 in 2,599
- Kentucky#308 · 1 in 3,792
Best ever in a state: #120 in New Mexico, 1947.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #241 | 10 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Texas | #285 | 68 | 1 in 1,755 |
| Arkansas | #291 | 8 | 1 in 2,446 |
| Alabama | #303 | 14 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Kentucky | #308 | 9 | 1 in 3,792 |
| New York | #350 | 35 | 1 in 4,994 |
| Georgia | #356 | 13 | 1 in 3,607 |
| Arizona | #361 | 5 | 1 in 3,380 |
| North Carolina | #372 | 11 | 1 in 4,678 |
| Tennessee | #372 | 8 | 1 in 4,842 |
| Mississippi | #424 | 5 | 1 in 5,369 |
| California | #436 | 32 | 1 in 5,845 |
| Missouri | #437 | 6 | 1 in 7,749 |
| Louisiana | #442 | 9 | 1 in 4,493 |
| Ohio | #585 | 6 | 1 in 17,578 |
| Michigan | #586 | 5 | 1 in 17,670 |
| Illinois | #619 | 7 | 1 in 15,745 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Freddy
- 89 spots since 2024 (#1,332 → #1,421)
- 159 spots since 2020 (#1,262 → #1,421)
- 428 spots since 2015 (#993 → #1,421)
- Biggest jump: 172 spots in 1925 (#1,117 → #945)
- Biggest drop: 223 spots in 2016 (#993 → #1,216)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1946 at #321 (405 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1925–2012
- Highest: 1 in 3,788 boys born in 1940 were named Freddy (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,449 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #321 in 1946, was only 1 in 4,010 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.0% of all boys named Freddy (4,027) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #982 (1896) | #982 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,277 (1909) | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 122 | #1,549 (1916) | #1,683 |
| 1920s | 553 | #591 (1929) | #1,017 |
| 1930s | 1,779 | #332 (1939) | #438 |
| 1940s | 3,578 | #321 (1946) | #331 |
| 1950s | 4,027 | #327 (1950) | #363 |
| 1960s | 2,778 | #406 (1960) | #475 |
| 1970s | 2,054 | #522 (1972) | #569 |
| 1980s | 2,585 | #503 (1989) | #551 |
| 1990s | 3,261 | #523 (1992) | #570 |
| 2000s | 3,251 | #606 (2003) | #659 |
| 2010s | 1,949 | #805 (2010) | #1,044 |
| 2020s | 847 | #1,242 (2023) | #1,327 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Freddy in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 280,943 of them was named Freddy, which outranked 30.2% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,865Yolander8
- #4,865Zenda8
- #4,865Zeta8
- #5,293Freddy7
- #5,293Adalia7
- #5,293Adel7
- #5,293Adraine7
- #5,860Adana6
- #5,860Adrien6
- #5,860Aidee6
Tied with 566 names at #5,293; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 6,966 of them was named Freddy, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.