Freddie

Meaning: Peaceful ruler
Origin: Germanic — Short form of Frederick

Boy's name · #1510 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Freddie — on the books since 1880, #1510 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 73,000 boys have carried the name since.

Across the states

See where Freddie is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Freddie is especially popular in England & Wales.

#10 in England & Wales (2025) · #12 in Scotland (2025) · #21 in N. Ireland (2025) · #52 in Ireland (2025) · #94 in New Zealand (2025) · #868 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,311 in Canada (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #2,267 in Ecuador (2024) · #2,447 in Austria (2024) · #12,329 in Italy (2022) · #695 in Poland (2021) and 2 more.

Famous Freddies

Freddie Mercury — British rock singer and songwriter (1946–1991)
Freddie Ljungberg — Swedish footballer and manager (born 1977)
Freddie Highmore — English actor (born 1992)
Freddie Prinze Jr. — American actor (born 1976)
Freddie Hubbard — American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008)
Freddie King — American blues guitarist and singer (1934–1976)
Freddie Bartholomew — American actor (1924–1992)

In stories & tradition

Freddie Benson — ICarly character
Freddie McClair — Skins (TV series)
Freddie Roscoe — Fictional character from Hollyoaks

What Freddies become

Among 444 notable people named Freddie:

Sports figures appear 2.34× more often than among typical names — e.g. Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1977).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Freddy (#1422) and Fredy (#2083), Freddie would rank around #797 with about 310 births last year — the newborns split about 40/37/23 across Freddy, Freddie, and Fredy.

Similar names: Freddy · Wendell · Frankie · Teddy · Gilbert · Eddy

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