first name
FREDERIC
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 9,345 people named Frederic, 81.6% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Frederic peaked in 1947, when 299 babies got the name.
At least 14,440 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Frederic by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #820. The largest share of babies named Frederic, 27.5%, 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 Frederic is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Frederic has been most common in Massachusetts (4.5×), New York (2.9×), and Connecticut (2.4×), and least common in Georgia (0.13×).
9,038 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.
Either side of Frederic
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Frederic, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Frederic ranks #18,478 of 156,621, with 1,479 people. See Frederic as a last name
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