Fredrick
Feminine · “peaceful ruler”
Fredrick is given to boys far more often — 64,527 boys against 255 girls since 1880. See Fredrick as a boy name
Fredrick entered the US charts in 1929, peaked at #3325 in 1954, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Fredrick?
Fredrick first appears in US birth records in 1929 — 96 years ago. The typical Fredrick alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 200 people named Fredrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Fredrick most popular?
Fredrick peaked in 1954, reaching #3325 nationally. See the whole 1954 chart.
Where it comes from
From frid + ric to Fredrick
The story of Fredrick
Friedrich was a name of German and then Prussian royalty, carried by emperors and by Frederick the Great, and the Hanoverian succession brought it into English use. It became extremely common in nineteenth-century Britain and America. A name that common is said quickly, and the unstressed middle vowel disappears — so Fredrick appears in American registers in real numbers, peaking around 1920.
Meaning
peaceful ruler
From the Germanic frid, 'peace' or 'protection', and ric, 'ruler' or 'power'. The ric element is cognate with the Latin rex and the Sanskrit raja; frid ends Siegfried and Wilfred. The compound describes rule that keeps the peace rather than rule by force.
How the name formed
- frid + ric
- Friedrich
- Frederick
- Fredrick
Related forms: Friedrich · Frederick · Federico · Fredrik
Pronouncing Fredrick
FRED-rik
Two syllables, stress on the first. This spelling records the ordinary pronunciation; the standard form is written with three.
Nicknames for Fredrick
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
- 1929
- Most girls named
- 197216 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3325reached in 1954
- Change vs 1983
- 0.0%5 in 1988, from 5
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.
Fredrick in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Friedrich in German — related form
- Frederick in English — spelling variant
- Federico in Italian — related form
- Fredrik in Swedish — related form
Fredricks among us
people named Fredrick 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
Fredrick 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
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Frequently asked
- How many Fredricks are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Fredrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Fredrick in 2025?
- Fredrick is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Fredrick with classmates?
- Fredrick will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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