Frederik
- #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
- Peak · boys
- 1951 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 632since 1920
Frederik over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Frederik has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #3,757 | 29 |
| 2024 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #5,255 | 18 |
| 2022 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
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| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
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| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
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| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five boys were named Frederik! It came in at #2,967, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Frederik is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Frederik in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,310 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #3,757)
- 2,223 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #3,757)
- 1,301 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #3,757)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1951 at #2,135 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 58,899
- Highest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 were named Frederik (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,135 in 1951, was only 1 in 144,834 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 21.5% of all boys named Frederik (136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 9 | #2,967 (1920) | #2,967 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 17 | #3,298 (1949) | #3,449 |
| 1950s | 58 | #2,135 (1951) | #3,474 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,357 |
| 1970s | 46 | #2,558 (1971) | #4,183 |
| 1980s | 19 | #5,332 (1986) | #5,778 |
| 1990s | 88 | #4,094 (1994) | #6,019 |
| 2000s | 94 | #5,142 (2001) | #7,637 |
| 2010s | 136 | #4,981 (2013) | #6,437 |
| 2020s | 108 | #3,757 (2025) | #5,398 |
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.
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