How Many People Are Named Frederick?
people named Frederick are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,588 people in the US has this name
Based on 267,165 babies named Frederick in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,997 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power". This name has long been common in continental Germanic-speaking regions, being borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and Prussia. Notables among these rulers include the 12th-century Holy Roman Emperor and crusader Frederick I Barbarossa, the 13th-century emperor and patron of the arts Frederick II, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Frederick in English. Counting Frederick and these spellings together, about 174,581 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Frederick, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Frederick alive today is about 56 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Frederick first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1952, to 4,997 babies. In 2025, 728 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Frederick never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #33, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 78 years, 1880 to 1957. In 2025 it ranked #435.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #435 |
| Best rank | #33 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 78 (1880 to 1957) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #87 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Frederick alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Frederick were born in New York than in any other state: about 15,532 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Frederick was given 2.1 times as often in Massachusetts, 2 times in Connecticut and 2 times in Maine.
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