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Frederick

Boys' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~137,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#435 among boys
Births in 2025
728 267,165 since 1880
Typical age
61 years, median

Frederick popularity over time

Frederick rank by birth year, 1880–2025Frederick ranked #33 in 1880 and #435 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #33, in 1880.#100#435best #33 in 188018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Frederick was used most in 1952, when 4,997 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 78 years put Frederick in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #435, on 728 births. Over ten years the count has risen 30%.

Babies named Frederick per yearPeaks at 4,997 births in 1952.4,997 in 1952018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Frederick?

An estimated 137,100 living Americans are called Frederick. SSA has recorded 267,165 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Frederick?

The typical living Frederick is 61 years old. The 1950s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Frederick a mid-century perennial name.

Your Frederick

Ages of living people named FrederickHalf of living Fredericks are older than 61 and half younger.median 61020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Frederick is most common

Frederick is 2.8× as common in Minnesota as it is nationally. Wisconsin, District of Columbia and New Hampshire follow.

Where Frederick is used more than average5 states use the name Frederick more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.3× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 2.8× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 2.4× the national rateWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 2.1× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.3× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Frederick is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 247 2.8×
Wisconsin 199 2.4×
District of Columbia 27 2.3×
New Hampshire 34 2.3×
Massachusetts 205 2.1×

Frederick in England and Wales

ONS recorded 954 births named Frederick in 2025, ranking it #52.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Frederick comes from

From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, from *friþuz + *rīks.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Frederick

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Frederick Douglass African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895) 1818–1895 94
Frederick Sanger British biochemist 1918–2013 87
Frederick Soddy English radiochemist 1877–1956 84
Frederick Banting Canadian medical scientist and doctor 1891–1941 77
Frederick Reines American physicist 1918–1998 68
Frederick Gowland Hopkins English biochemist 1861–1947 67
Frederick Winslow Taylor American mechanical engineer 1856–1915 58
Frederick V of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway 1723–1766 57
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 808 in 1911 to 1,564 in 1912 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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