first name
FREDRICK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 32,686 people named Fredrick, 53.6% reported their origin as White, 36.9% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Fredrick peaked in 1953, when 1,346 babies got the name.
At least 64,782 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.
Fredrick by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #391. The largest share of babies named Fredrick, 30%, 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 Fredrick is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fredrick has been most common in Mississippi (2.7×), Alabama (2×), and Louisiana (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.36×).
57,918 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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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fredrick, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Fredrick ranks #5,724 of 156,621, with 5,828 people. See Fredrick as a last name
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