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

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Peak · boys
1946 · 405 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
26,796
since 1896

Freddy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Freddy has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #321, 1946boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,421127
2024—#1,332144
2023—#1,242157
2022—#1,322142
2021—#1,383132
2020—#1,262145
2019—#1,303141
2018—#1,128171
2017—#1,153164
2016—#1,216155
2015—#993207
2014—#1,014201
2013—#1,014192
2012—#909227
2011—#906223
2010—#805268
2009—#784289
2008—#712327
2007—#700333
2006—#643361
2005—#651333
2004—#642324
2003—#606344
2002—#641302
2001—#607323
2000—#608315
1999—#608301
1998—#640276
1997—#602293
1996—#568322
1995—#555335
1994#13,4305#584315
1993#13,4425#546352
1992—#523371
1991#13,1475#536356
1990#12,9585#542340
1989—#503359
1988#8,3918#543288
1987#11,3255#528290
1986—#563249
1985—#547258
1984—#559234
1983—#550232
1982#10,5175#553244
1981#9,1106#582216
1980—#586215
1979—#625187
1978—#597196
1977—#576210
1976—#538224
1975—#578194
1974—#581191
1973—#540208
1972—#522229
1971—#587196
1970—#550219
1969—#555201
1968—#540195
1967—#496228
1966—#468266
1965—#477267
1964#6,7675#470284
1963—#442324
1962#5,2937#463297
1961—#437333
1960—#406383
1959—#422356
1958—#414358
1957—#376422
1956—#357426
1955—#349430
1954—#359404
1953—#342407
1952#5,5635#349389
1951—#337408
1950#5,3015#327427
1949—#332424
1948#4,6516#334405
1947#5,2955#327436
1946#3,4309#321405
1945#4,5565#324335
1944—#339311
1943#3,2499#333334
1942—#331337
1941#3,9546#344285
1940#4,3495#324306
1939#4,2505#332277
1938#4,3425#360240
1937—#360225
1936—#402188
1935#4,2045#400187
1934#3,1598#427174
1933—#524117
1932—#515125
1931#3,8486#512126
1930—#549120
1929—#591104
1928—#70880
1927#3,8757#73379
1926#3,5648#80367
1925#4,0287#94551
1924—#1,11741
1923—#1,04146
1922—#1,24234
1921—#1,44827
1920—#1,54324
1919#4,8145#1,62421
1918#4,8095#1,59622
1917—#1,75518
1916—#1,54921
1915—#1,60019
1914—#1,77213
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First appearance
1896

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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #727 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,256 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedWIMichigan: #519 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,886 boysMINew York: #360 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 4,478 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #580 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,120 boysPANew Jersey: #429 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,520 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #511 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 6,967 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #256 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,746 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedDEArizona: #305 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,067 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedARTennessee: #398 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,431 boysTNNorth Carolina: #439 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,203 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedMSAlabama: #403 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,831 boysALGeorgia: #437 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,118 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Freddy, so not publishedHITexas: #426 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 3,656 boysTXFlorida: #542 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,910 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#256 · 1 in 2,746
  2. Arizona#305 · 1 in 2,067
  3. New York#360 · 1 in 4,478
  4. Tennessee#398 · 1 in 5,431
  5. Alabama#403 · 1 in 4,831

Best ever in a state: #120 in New Mexico, 1947.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#25651 in 2,746
Arizona#30571 in 2,067
New York#360331 in 4,478
Tennessee#39861 in 5,431
Alabama#40361 in 4,831
Texas#426281 in 3,656
New Jersey#42971 in 7,520
Georgia#43781 in 5,118
North Carolina#43971 in 6,203
California#511241 in 6,967
Michigan#51971 in 10,886
Florida#54261 in 7,910
Pennsylvania#58051 in 18,120
Illinois#72751 in 18,256
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1946 at #321 (405 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1925–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,788
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.0% of all boys named Freddy (4,027) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#982 (1896)#982
1900s6#1,277 (1909)#1,277
1910s122#1,549 (1916)#1,683
1920s553#591 (1929)#1,017
1930s1,779#332 (1939)#438
1940s3,578#321 (1946)#331
1950s4,027#327 (1950)#363
1960s2,778#406 (1960)#475
1970s2,054#522 (1972)#569
1980s2,585#503 (1989)#551
1990s3,261#523 (1992)#570
2000s3,251#606 (2003)#659
2010s1,949#805 (2010)#1,044
2020s847#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 1968

boys
#540
195 births · 1 in 8,913 boys

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #540Freddy195
More about 1968

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 8,913 of them was named Freddy, which outranked 88.6% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Freddy
  1. #536Thaddeus203
  2. #538Brady199
  3. #539Shon196
  4. #540Freddy195
  5. #540Austin195
  6. #540Bryce195
  7. #543Homer194
  8. #544Phil193
  9. #544Rufus193

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →