Fredric

Where Fredric comes from

Fredric hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #706 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1897
    Fredric March born
    American actor
  3. 1934
    Fredric Jameson born
    American academic and literary critic
  4. 1943
    Peak, #421
    218 babies named Fredric — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #738.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Fredric March · American actor, 1897–1975
  • Fredric Jameson · American academic and literary critic, 1934–2024
  • Fredric Brown · American novelist, short story author, 1906–1972
  • Fredric Lehne · American actor, born 1959
  • Fredric Wertham · German-American psychiatrist, 1895–1981

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.