Fredi
Masculine
Fredi is given to both — 899 boys and 86 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Fredi is a short form written as a whole name, and the record holds it for both sexes with no long form behind it — which is what happens when a nickname is put on a certificate rather than derived from one.
How old is the name Fredi?
Fredi first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Fredi alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 900 people named Fredi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Fredi most popular?
Fredi peaked in 1994, reaching #1894 nationally. See the whole 1994 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Fredi
The name's most striking American bearer was a woman. Fredi Washington was an actress light-skinned enough to pass, cast in a film about exactly that, and she refused to do it off-screen — turning down the work and the protection that passing would have brought her. Hollywood then found her almost unusable: too light for the roles written for Black actresses, unwilling to be anything else. She spent the rest of her career organizing instead, helping to found a guild that pushed for better parts, and is now better remembered for the refusal than for the films. A short, plain name, carried by somebody who made a hard decision with it, and shared ever since by children of both sexes who mostly have no long form to fall back on.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The long names it could come from — Frederick, Alfred, Winifred, Frederica — all contain the Germanic element about peace, and any of them would give this short form. The record does not distinguish them, and many bearers have no long form at all.
Pronouncing Fredi
FRED-ee
Two syllables, stress at the front. Identical to Freddie; the bare i ending is a written choice.
Nicknames for Fredi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 199444 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1894reached in 1994
- Change vs 2023
- −58.3%5 in 2024, from 12
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Fredis among us
people named Fredi are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Fredi sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, warm and impossible to mispronounce.
- It works for either child without seeming borrowed from the other.
- A formal version is available in several languages if one is wanted.
- Freddie and Freddy are both more common and his will be written as one of them.
- The spelling is recorded for a few girls, but nearly every child with it is a boy.
- It reads as a nickname, so a long form will be assumed on documents.
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Fredi
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Frequently asked
- How many Fredis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Fredi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Fredi in 2025?
- Fredi is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Fredi with classmates?
- Fredi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More F names
The most-given names starting with F, all years combined.
Frank#513 · Fred#1932 · Francis#420 · Frederick#435 · Floyd#2230 · Francisco#322 · Franklin#359 · Fernando#387
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