first name
FREDDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,703 people named Freddy, 73.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% as White and 7.3% as Black. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Freddy peaked in 1947, when 441 babies got the name.
At least 26,968 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.
Freddy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #729. The largest share of babies named Freddy, 27.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Freddy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Freddy has been most common in Arkansas (2.8×), New Mexico (2.6×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in Michigan (0.08×).
22,175 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.
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