Frederick

Meaning: Peaceful ruler
Origin: Germanic

Nicknames: Freddie, Freddy

Boy's name · #435 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Frederick — on the books since 1880, #435 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 266,000 boys have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#52 in England & Wales (2025) · #78 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #83 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #124 in New Zealand (2025) · #212 in N. Ireland (2025) · #226 in Scotland (2025) · #268 in Canada (2025) · #329 in Ireland (2025) · #527 in Ecuador (2025) · #614 in Poland (2025) · #671 in Austria (2025) · #915 in Switzerland (2025) and 7 more.

Famous Fredericks

Frederick II of Prussia — King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712–1786)
Frederick Barbarossa — Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190 (1122–1190)
Frederick Douglass — American abolitionist (1818–1895)
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor — Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250 (1194–1250)
Frederick Sanger — British biochemist (1918–2013)
Frederick III, German Emperor — German Emperor in 1888 (1831–1888)
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor — Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 to 1493 (1415–1493)
Frederick Forsyth — English novelist (1938–2025)
Frederick Banting — Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891–1941)
Frederick I of Prussia — Ruler of Brandenburg–Prussia from 1688 to 1713 (1657–1713)

In stories & tradition

Frederick (Freddy Krueger) — Character from A Nightmare on Elm Street
Frederick (Fred Jones) — Scooby-Doo character
Frederick (Fred Flintstone) — Character from The Flintstones

What Fredericks become

Among 4,950 notable people named Frederick:

Military figures appear 3.65× more often than among typical names — e.g. Frederick Marryat, Royal Naval officer and novelist (1792–1848).

Spellings & nicknames

About 140 boys a year are given Freddy as their full name and 83 Freddie.

Similar names: Fredrick · Lewis · Franklin · Edgar · Derrick · Roderick

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