Frederic
#2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 32 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,440since 1880
Frederic over time
Rank among boys' names. Frederic has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,941 | 42 |
| 2024 | #2,873 | 44 |
| 2023 | #3,055 | 40 |
| 2022 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2019 | #3,103 | 38 |
| 2018 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #2,885 | 41 |
| 2015 | #2,966 | 39 |
| 2014 | #2,705 | 44 |
| 2013 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #3,885 | 26 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #3,083 | 35 |
| 2005 | #2,701 | 40 |
| 2004 | #2,953 | 34 |
| 2003 | #3,186 | 29 |
| 2002 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #2,256 | 43 |
| 1999 | #2,231 | 41 |
| 1998 | #2,235 | 40 |
| 1997 | #1,890 | 49 |
| 1996 | #1,690 | 56 |
| 1995 | #2,102 | 39 |
| 1994 | #2,012 | 41 |
| 1993 | #1,875 | 44 |
| 1992 | #1,778 | 47 |
| 1991 | #1,699 | 48 |
| 1990 | #1,702 | 47 |
| 1989 | #1,392 | 62 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #1,161 | 66 |
| 1985 | #1,282 | 56 |
| 1984 | #1,349 | 49 |
| 1983 | #1,088 | 67 |
| 1982 | #1,229 | 57 |
| 1981 | #1,154 | 63 |
| 1980 | #1,111 | 66 |
| 1979 | #895 | 95 |
| 1978 | #1,203 | 55 |
| 1977 | #963 | 79 |
| 1976 | #963 | 75 |
| 1975 | #1,029 | 64 |
| 1974 | #813 | 98 |
| 1973 | #825 | 93 |
| 1972 | #859 | 87 |
| 1971 | #711 | 135 |
| 1970 | #688 | 145 |
| 1969 | #696 | 129 |
| 1968 | #649 | 135 |
| 1967 | #640 | 135 |
| 1966 | #686 | 116 |
| 1965 | #634 | 142 |
| 1964 | #664 | 136 |
| 1963 | #689 | 127 |
| 1962 | #657 | 139 |
| 1961 | #654 | 144 |
| 1960 | #651 | 143 |
| 1959 | #627 | 152 |
| 1958 | #566 | 186 |
| 1957 | #562 | 188 |
| 1956 | #516 | 214 |
| 1955 | #491 | 224 |
| 1954 | #480 | 225 |
| 1953 | #465 | 229 |
| 1952 | #416 | 276 |
| 1951 | #435 | 241 |
| 1950 | #432 | 238 |
| 1949 | #410 | 271 |
| 1948 | #419 | 255 |
| 1947 | #397 | 299 |
| 1946 | #386 | 288 |
| 1945 | #400 | 224 |
| 1944 | #419 | 208 |
| 1943 | #389 | 245 |
| 1942 | #380 | 257 |
| 1941 | #398 | 212 |
| 1940 | #411 | 197 |
| 1939 | #393 | 207 |
| 1938 | #379 | 221 |
| 1937 | #407 | 192 |
| 1936 | #421 | 175 |
| 1935 | #477 | 142 |
| 1934 | #409 | 185 |
| 1933 | #409 | 175 |
| 1932 | #481 | 141 |
| 1931 | #478 | 141 |
| 1930 | #465 | 163 |
| 1929 | #458 | 165 |
| 1928 | #504 | 144 |
| 1927 | #470 | 167 |
| 1926 | #462 | 169 |
| 1925 | #483 | 157 |
| 1924 | #465 | 174 |
| 1923 | #454 | 180 |
| 1922 | #473 | 169 |
| 1921 | #427 | 202 |
| 1920 | #434 | 193 |
| 1919 | #485 | 151 |
| 1918 | #412 | 202 |
| 1917 | #383 | 218 |
| 1916 | #390 | 202 |
| 1915 | #343 | 240 |
| 1914 | #357 | 173 |
| 1913 | #359 | 134 |
| 1912 | #349 | 118 |
| 1911 | #461 | 40 |
| 1910 | #396 | 44 |
| 1909 | #453 | 31 |
| 1908 | #429 | 31 |
| 1907 | #664 | 15 |
| 1906 | #523 | 19 |
| 1905 | #393 | 29 |
| 1904 | #566 | 16 |
| 1903 | #487 | 19 |
| 1902 | #507 | 18 |
| 1901 | #487 | 16 |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #394 | 22 |
| 1898 | #385 | 26 |
| 1897 | #346 | 29 |
| 1896 | #500 | 17 |
| 1895 | #556 | 14 |
| 1894 | #502 | 16 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #441 | 16 |
| 1890 | #389 | 21 |
| 1889 | #369 | 23 |
| 1888 | #430 | 19 |
| 1887 | #366 | 20 |
| 1886 | #512 | 13 |
| 1885 | #298 | 32 |
| 1884 | #344 | 26 |
| 1883 | #381 | 20 |
| 1882 | #355 | 25 |
| 1881 | #487 | 13 |
| 1880 | #363 | 22 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Frederic was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1893, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Frederic is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#124 · 1 in 1,487
- Maine#167 · 1 in 1,050
- Wisconsin#240 · 1 in 2,943
- Ohio#317 · 1 in 5,332
- Illinois#320 · 1 in 5,391
Best ever in a state: #81 in Rhode Island, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #124 | 20 | 1 in 1,487 |
| Maine | #167 | 6 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Wisconsin | #240 | 8 | 1 in 2,943 |
| Ohio | #317 | 9 | 1 in 5,332 |
| Illinois | #320 | 10 | 1 in 5,391 |
| Michigan | #321 | 8 | 1 in 4,867 |
| New York | #343 | 14 | 1 in 6,443 |
| Pennsylvania | #347 | 11 | 1 in 6,951 |
| California | #381 | 8 | 1 in 4,547 |
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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 Frederic
- 68 spots since 2024 (#2,873 → #2,941)
- 333 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #2,941)
- 25 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #2,941)
- Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1901 (#836 → #487)
- Biggest drop: 442 spots in 1900 (#394 → #836)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #298 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1880–1974
- Highest: 1 in 3,369 boys born in 1885 were named Frederic (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.0% of all boys named Frederic (2,456) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 213 | #298 (1885) | #391 |
| 1890s | 180 | #346 (1897) | #491 |
| 1900s | 204 | #393 (1905) | #535 |
| 1910s | 1,522 | #343 (1915) | #394 |
| 1920s | 1,720 | #427 (1921) | #463 |
| 1930s | 1,742 | #379 (1938) | #432 |
| 1940s | 2,456 | #380 (1942) | #401 |
| 1950s | 2,173 | #416 (1952) | #499 |
| 1960s | 1,346 | #634 (1965) | #662 |
| 1970s | 926 | #688 (1970) | #895 |
| 1980s | 576 | #1,088 (1983) | #1,294 |
| 1990s | 452 | #1,690 (1996) | #1,921 |
| 2000s | 341 | #2,256 (2000) | #3,044 |
| 2010s | 352 | #2,597 (2017) | #3,304 |
| 2020s | 237 | #2,873 (2024) | #3,068 |
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.
Frederic in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 7,374 of them was named Frederic, which outranked 88.9% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #474Luke142
- #474Orval142
- #474Rodger142
- #478Frederic141
- #478Bertram141
- #478Dorothy141
- #478Odis141
- #484Emilio139
- #484Scott139
- #484Thaddeus139
Tied with 5 names at #478; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.