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Frederic

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Frederic is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. Its best rank was 302nd, in 1885.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
440.00% of boys
Peak year
1947299 births
Best rank
#302in 1885
Since 1880
14,398people given the name
Babies named Frederic, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

14,398 boys have been named Frederic in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 299 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1940s alone account for 17%. It has spent 98 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Frederic
1880s213
1890s180
1900s204
1910s1,522
1920s1,720
1930s1,742
1940s2,456
1950s2,173
1960s1,346
1970s926
1980s576
1990s452
2000s341
2010s352
2020s195

In 1947, its biggest year

Frederic was the 397th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1947 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1947.

Names that rose and fell with Frederic

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.