Fredrick
Masculine · “peaceful ruler”
Fredrick is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 64,527 boys against 255 girls since 1880.
Fredrick is Frederick with the middle vowel gone — a spelling that records how English speakers actually say the name, in two syllables rather than three.
How old is the name Fredrick?
Fredrick was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Fredrick alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 39,500 people named Fredrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Fredrick most popular?
Fredrick peaked in 1880, reaching #126 nationally. Today it ranks #1728, 1,602 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
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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
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 19541,235 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #126reached in 1880
- Change vs 2022
- −29.3%94 in 2025, from 133
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
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Fredricks among us
people named Fredrick are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 18,171 born in 2025 was named Fredrick
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Fredrick
- #1728
- Fredrick on the 2025 chart
- #802
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Fredrick went to 94 boys in 2025, but Fredrik and Fredric are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 126, which makes it the 802nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 926 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 13,556 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 18,171 for Fredrick itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Fredrick sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Fredrick is headed
Fredrick should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Fredrick beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Fredrick in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The spelling is genuinely phonetic, and the Swedish Fredrik uses the same shape.
- The meaning is transparent and both elements are thoroughly documented.
- Fred is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- Frederick is the standard English spelling and this one reads as a variant.
- It is strongly period-coded to the early twentieth century.
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Masculine · #1728 in the U.S.
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 39,500 people named Fredrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Fredrick?
- Fredrick is the most-used spelling in US records — 94 of the 126 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Fredrik and Fredric.
- How popular is the name Fredrick in 2025?
- Fredrick ranks #1728 among US boy names in 2025, with 94 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Fredrick?
- About 1 in every 18,171 US boys born in 2025 was named Fredrick — 94 in all.
- Will my child share the name Fredrick with classmates?
- Fredrick will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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