Fredric
#5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · boys
- 1943 · 218 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,395since 1881
Fredric over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Fredric has never cracked the top 400 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 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #2,012 | 37 |
| 1989 | #2,206 | 31 |
| 1988 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #1,787 | 31 |
| 1982 | #1,654 | 36 |
| 1981 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1980 | #1,593 | 37 |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 52 |
| 1978 | #1,452 | 41 |
| 1977 | #1,252 | 50 |
| 1976 | #1,346 | 43 |
| 1975 | #1,181 | 51 |
| 1974 | #1,335 | 41 |
| 1973 | #957 | 71 |
| 1972 | #976 | 69 |
| 1971 | #914 | 79 |
| 1970 | #959 | 70 |
| 1969 | #911 | 70 |
| 1968 | #856 | 72 |
| 1967 | #806 | 81 |
| 1966 | #888 | 66 |
| 1965 | #777 | 90 |
| 1964 | #782 | 93 |
| 1963 | #799 | 90 |
| 1962 | #779 | 95 |
| 1961 | #762 | 102 |
| 1960 | #738 | 109 |
| 1959 | #662 | 133 |
| 1958 | #695 | 116 |
| 1957 | #644 | 142 |
| 1956 | #611 | 153 |
| 1955 | #549 | 180 |
| 1954 | #555 | 173 |
| 1953 | #517 | 186 |
| 1952 | #489 | 207 |
| 1951 | #511 | 177 |
| 1950 | #459 | 208 |
| 1949 | #472 | 194 |
| 1948 | #472 | 201 |
| 1947 | #449 | 223 |
| 1946 | #450 | 199 |
| 1945 | #427 | 196 |
| 1944 | #509 | 142 |
| 1943 | #421 | 218 |
| 1942 | #435 | 200 |
| 1941 | #453 | 169 |
| 1940 | #478 | 145 |
| 1939 | #424 | 179 |
| 1938 | #452 | 163 |
| 1937 | #435 | 170 |
| 1936 | #459 | 150 |
| 1935 | #435 | 167 |
| 1934 | #487 | 138 |
| 1933 | #498 | 127 |
| 1932 | #588 | 101 |
| 1931 | #624 | 91 |
| 1930 | #749 | 72 |
| 1929 | #781 | 68 |
| 1928 | #883 | 57 |
| 1927 | #1,098 | 42 |
| 1926 | #875 | 58 |
| 1925 | #933 | 52 |
| 1924 | #907 | 59 |
| 1923 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1922 | #871 | 62 |
| 1921 | #814 | 70 |
| 1920 | #877 | 61 |
| 1919 | #877 | 57 |
| 1918 | #733 | 76 |
| 1917 | #660 | 82 |
| 1916 | #757 | 65 |
| 1915 | #652 | 79 |
| 1914 | #745 | 50 |
| 1913 | #855 | 32 |
| 1912 | #783 | 31 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Fredric! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Fredric is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#270 · 1 in 7,950
- Wisconsin#363 · 1 in 9,152
- Pennsylvania#369 · 1 in 8,793
- New York#380 · 1 in 6,780
- Michigan#404 · 1 in 8,340
Best ever in a state: #162 in Wisconsin, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #270 | 7 | 1 in 7,950 |
| Wisconsin | #363 | 5 | 1 in 9,152 |
| Pennsylvania | #369 | 14 | 1 in 8,793 |
| New York | #380 | 26 | 1 in 6,780 |
| Michigan | #404 | 12 | 1 in 8,340 |
| Illinois | #412 | 14 | 1 in 8,023 |
| New Jersey | #441 | 5 | 1 in 11,788 |
| California | #478 | 20 | 1 in 8,388 |
| Ohio | #511 | 8 | 1 in 14,459 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 43 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #5,861)
- 162 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #5,861)
- 1,205 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #5,861)
- Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 378 spots in 1974 (#957 → #1,335)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1943 at #421 (218 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1928–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,184
- Highest: 1 in 6,184 boys born in 1939 were named Fredric (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #421 in 1943, was only 1 in 6,547 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 22.5% of all boys named Fredric (1,887) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #706 (1881) | #824 |
| 1890s | 11 | #942 (1897) | #997 |
| 1900s | 29 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,157 |
| 1910s | 490 | #652 (1915) | #847 |
| 1920s | 577 | #781 (1929) | #905 |
| 1930s | 1,358 | #424 (1939) | #515 |
| 1940s | 1,887 | #421 (1943) | #457 |
| 1950s | 1,675 | #459 (1950) | #569 |
| 1960s | 868 | #738 (1960) | #810 |
| 1970s | 567 | #914 (1971) | #1,164 |
| 1980s | 306 | #1,593 (1980) | #1,957 |
| 1990s | 238 | #2,012 (1990) | #3,057 |
| 2000s | 136 | #3,061 (2001) | #6,266 |
| 2010s | 136 | #5,171 (2013) | #6,179 |
| 2020s | 85 | #5,699 (2020) | #6,108 |
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.
Fredric in 1956
boys
#611
153 births · 1 in 13,826 boys
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 13,826 of them was named Fredric, which outranked 86.3% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).