How rare is the name Frederick?

138,927 people in the United States have the first name Frederick, about 1 in 2,174. It ranks #406 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FREDERICK

#406

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
138,927
About
1 in 2,174
This common or more
54.6%
Who bears it

Of the 138,927 people named Frederick, 73% reported their origin as White, 18% as Black and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Frederick peaked in 1952, when 4,997 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1952
Births that year
4,997
In 2025*
728 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 267,165 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.

Frederick by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #112. The largest share of babies named Frederick, 29.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1124,603
1890s#1703,994
1900s#2223,905
1910s#13223,608
1920s#15331,679
1930s#16726,712
1940s#15239,200
1950s#18444,449
1960s#24730,942
1970s#27920,915
1980s#40313,182
1990s#6278,863
2000s#9845,630
2010s#1,0635,522
2020s#9443,961
Before 19013.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2719.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4520%
Baby boom 1946–6429.7%
Generation X 1965–8013.8%
Millennials 1981–966.9%
Generation Z 1997–123.5%
2013 and later3%

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 Frederick is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Frederick has been most common in Vermont (2.4×), Massachusetts (2.4×), and Rhode Island (2.3×), and least common in Utah (0.24×).

251,055 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 Frederick

#404 Sally · 139,332#405 Regina · 139,152#407 Kelsey · 138,745#408 Harry · 138,544

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,197 Fredrick · 32,686#2,574 Frederic · 9,345#3,934 Fredric · 4,962#9,185 Frederico · 1,533#9,214 Frederica · 1,525#11,390 Fredericka · 1,127#12,244 Fredricka · 1,022#13,184 Frederik · 922

Also a last name

As a last name, Frederick ranks #863 of 156,621, with 39,331 people. See Frederick as a last name

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