How rare is the name Federico?

18,172 people in the United States have the first name Federico, about 1 in 16,621. It ranks #1,703 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FEDERICO

#1,703

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,172
About
1 in 16,621
This common or more
76.5%
Who bears it

Of the 18,172 people named Federico, 86.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.4% as White and 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Federico peaked in 1976, when 148 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
1976
Births that year
148
In 2025*
73 ▼51%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,976 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Federico by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,838. The largest share of babies named Federico, 21%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,8837
1890s#2,96218
1900s#2,85242
1910s#2,770188
1920s#2,030473
1930s#1,932454
1940s#2,029505
1950s#1,959743
1960s#2,070761
1970s#1,8381,121
1980s#2,0001,176
1990s#2,4041,191
2000s#3,0081,160
2010s#4,471700
2020s#4,368437
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.5%
Silent Generation 1928–459.2%
Baby boom 1946–6415%
Generation X 1965–8018.4%
Millennials 1981–9621%
Generation Z 1997–1219.5%
2013 and later10%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Federico is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Federico has been most common in Texas (6.3×), California (3×), and New Mexico (3×), and least common in Illinois (0.6×).

6,744 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Federico, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Federico ranks #6,063 of 156,621, with 5,440 people. See Federico as a last name

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