Meaning not yet researched.
Fred: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 80 in 2025. Its best rank was #14 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #14 in 1885; #1,936 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Fred in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,936 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, at #14.
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Fred: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 80 boys in 2025. Peak: #14 in 1885 · most boys in one year: 6,532 (1924).
In 2025, 80 US boys were named Fred, making it the 1,936th most common boys’ name of the year, down 246 places from #1,690 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 99 boys named Fred in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #14, reached in 1885. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,532, in 1924. For comparison, it was #1,591 in 2015 and #84 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fred in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,578 babies with the name. In all, 345,684 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 63,215 babies named Fred.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 952 US boys were named Fred; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 109. In 2025 that was about 1 in 21,351 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Fred ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #1,138 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Frederick (267,165 babies since 1880), Alfred (245,153 babies since 1880), Alfredo (57,360 babies since 1880) and Frederic (14,440 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Manfred, Friedrich and Frederik are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Freddie and Freddy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Manfred (1,455), Friedrich (652), Frederik (632), Fredrik (525), Fread (328), Fredis (189), Manfredo (5), Fredd (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,138 | #876 |
| New York | 8 | #1,339 | #1,523 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,341 | — |
| California | 8 | #1,889 | #1,176 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,924 | #1,777 |
| Texas | 5 | #2,704 | #1,575 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 80 | #1,936 |
| 2024 | — | — | 99 | #1,690 |
| 2023 | — | — | 98 | #1,712 |
| 2022 | — | — | 83 | #1,895 |
| 2021 | — | — | 98 | #1,679 |
| 2020 | — | — | 83 | #1,802 |
| 2019 | — | — | 98 | #1,654 |
| 2018 | — | — | 99 | #1,642 |
| 2017 | — | — | 105 | #1,558 |
| 2016 | — | — | 109 | #1,535 |
| 2015 | — | — | 101 | #1,591 |
| 2014 | — | — | 111 | #1,468 |
| 2013 | — | — | 102 | #1,551 |
| 2012 | — | — | 106 | #1,517 |
| 2011 | — | — | 105 | #1,517 |
| 2010 | — | — | 107 | #1,520 |
| 2009 | — | — | 121 | #1,404 |
| 2008 | — | — | 133 | #1,308 |
| 2007 | — | — | 143 | #1,232 |
| 2006 | — | — | 175 | #1,039 |
| 2005 | — | — | 148 | #1,115 |
| 2004 | — | — | 161 | #1,020 |
| 2003 | — | — | 152 | #1,037 |
| 2002 | — | — | 187 | #875 |
| 2001 | — | — | 182 | #875 |
| 2000 | — | — | 157 | #965 |
| 1999 | — | — | 200 | #781 |
| 1998 | — | — | 217 | #743 |
| 1997 | — | — | 221 | #716 |
| 1996 | — | — | 257 | #650 |
| 1995 | — | — | 245 | #674 |
| 1994 | — | — | 256 | #651 |
| 1993 | — | — | 314 | #580 |
| 1992 | — | — | 316 | #573 |
| 1991 | — | — | 368 | #521 |
| 1990 | — | — | 385 | #498 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,296 | 416 | #462 |
| 1988 | — | — | 392 | #457 |
| 1987 | — | — | 380 | #455 |
| 1986 | — | — | 443 | #408 |
| 1985 | — | — | 463 | #385 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,030 | 449 | #385 |
| 1983 | — | — | 546 | #338 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,593 | 554 | #340 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,627 | 582 | #329 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,429 | 585 | #324 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,700 | 612 | #315 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,259 | 694 | #278 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,507 | 747 | #265 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,759 | 799 | #248 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,531 | 840 | #248 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,011 | 890 | #232 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,440 | 1,020 | #215 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,576 | 1,039 | #215 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,379 | 1,281 | #194 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,560 | 1,503 | #183 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,510 | 1,575 | #176 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,072 | 1,570 | #172 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,998 | 1,687 | #160 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,008 | 1,881 | #151 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,030 | 2,146 | #141 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,154 | 2,464 | #133 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,383 | 2,525 | #134 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,483 | 2,854 | #126 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,846 | 3,091 | #124 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,413 | 3,396 | #117 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,118 | 3,582 | #112 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,899 | 3,513 | #115 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,592 | 3,637 | #103 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,999 | 3,578 | #102 |
| 1955 | 15 | #3,016 | 3,502 | #97 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,808 | 3,695 | #93 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,335 | 3,789 | #92 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,435 | 3,960 | #90 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,166 | 3,994 | #87 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,816 | 4,195 | #84 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,776 | 4,731 | #72 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,529 | 5,376 | #66 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,485 | 6,392 | #56 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,688 | 6,012 | #51 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,982 | 5,118 | #51 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,131 | 5,580 | #47 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,760 | 6,168 | #45 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,680 | 6,088 | #46 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,577 | 5,619 | #43 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,360 | 5,581 | #40 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,606 | 5,538 | #40 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,392 | 5,768 | #38 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,467 | 5,738 | #35 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,251 | 5,602 | #36 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,281 | 5,493 | #34 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,297 | 5,466 | #33 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,209 | 5,287 | #34 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,399 | 5,525 | #33 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,096 | 5,698 | #33 |
| 1930 | 52 | #1,023 | 6,049 | #32 |
| 1929 | 54 | #985 | 5,856 | #34 |
| 1928 | 64 | #929 | 6,036 | #36 |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,011 | 6,313 | #35 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,084 | 6,447 | #31 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,304 | 6,205 | #33 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,416 | 6,532 | #32 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,219 | 6,314 | #33 |
| 1922 | 47 | #1,119 | 6,245 | #33 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,155 | 6,496 | #33 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,092 | 6,298 | #33 |
| 1919 | 57 | #936 | 6,091 | #30 |
| 1918 | 53 | #992 | 6,182 | #33 |
| 1917 | 46 | #1,046 | 5,986 | #29 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,151 | 5,745 | #29 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,103 | 5,778 | #26 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,086 | 4,441 | #28 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,327 | 3,624 | #27 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,649 | 3,103 | #26 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,134 | 1,808 | #22 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,832 | 1,587 | #22 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,849 | 1,355 | #22 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,472 | 1,381 | #20 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,438 | 1,371 | #19 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,473 | 1,193 | #20 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,052 | 1,284 | #18 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,123 | 1,223 | #18 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,492 | 1,204 | #18 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,251 | 1,286 | #18 |
| 1901 | 14 | #895 | 1,133 | #18 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,026 | 1,646 | #17 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,053 | 1,182 | #16 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,025 | 1,447 | #15 |
| 1897 | 14 | #876 | 1,301 | #16 |
| 1896 | 15 | #851 | 1,393 | #16 |
| 1895 | 15 | #829 | 1,483 | #15 |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,022 | 1,475 | #15 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,041 | 1,493 | #15 |
| 1892 | 13 | #840 | 1,628 | #15 |
| 1891 | 13 | #765 | 1,362 | #15 |
| 1890 | 14 | #738 | 1,506 | #15 |
| 1889 | 14 | #698 | 1,554 | #15 |
| 1888 | 15 | #672 | 1,665 | #15 |
| 1887 | 11 | #711 | 1,454 | #15 |
| 1886 | 9 | #795 | 1,599 | #15 |
| 1885 | 8 | #813 | 1,562 | #14 |
| 1884 | 10 | #700 | 1,638 | #15 |
| 1883 | 10 | #628 | 1,502 | #15 |
| 1882 | 9 | #648 | 1,641 | #15 |
| 1881 | 9 | #597 | 1,418 | #15 |
| 1880 | 9 | #602 | 1,569 | #15 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).