Fred
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#1932
recorded as boys
Down 247 since 2024
Babies in 2025
80
boys 80
Peak year
1885
1,562 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
345,684
since 1880
Born a Fred? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Fred was most popular in 1885, when 1,562 babies recorded as boys got the name (14.5 per 1,000). In 2025, 80 babies were named Fred, ranking #1932 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 80 | 1932 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 99 | 1685 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 98 | 1711 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 83 | 1892 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 98 | 1678 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 83 | 1798 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 98 | 1652 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 99 | 1638 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 105 | 1554 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 109 | 1532 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 101 | 1588 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 111 | 1465 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 102 | 1546 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 106 | 1514 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 105 | 1516 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 107 | 1517 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 121 | 1403 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 133 | 1303 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 143 | 1229 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 175 | 1038 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 148 | 1112 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 161 | 1016 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 152 | 1037 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 187 | 875 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 182 | 875 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 157 | 965 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 200 | 781 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 217 | 743 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 221 | 715 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 257 | 650 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 245 | 672 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 256 | 651 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 314 | 580 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 316 | 573 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 368 | 521 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 385 | 497 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | 416 | 462 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 392 | 457 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 380 | 455 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 443 | 408 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 463 | 385 |
| 1984 | 14 | 4966 | 449 | 385 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 546 | 338 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | 554 | 340 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7409 | 582 | 329 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8178 | 585 | 324 |
| 1979 | 5 | 10210 | 612 | 315 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | 694 | 278 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6340 | 747 | 265 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9284 | 799 | 248 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | 840 | 247 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | 890 | 232 |
| 1973 | 13 | 4362 | 1,020 | 215 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | 1,039 | 215 |
| 1971 | 13 | 4311 | 1,281 | 194 |
| 1970 | 7 | 6362 | 1,503 | 183 |
| 1969 | 16 | 3461 | 1,575 | 176 |
| 1968 | 12 | 4000 | 1,570 | 172 |
| 1967 | 18 | 2963 | 1,687 | 160 |
| 1966 | 8 | 4866 | 1,881 | 151 |
| 1965 | 6 | 5817 | 2,146 | 141 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5008 | 2,464 | 133 |
| 1963 | 15 | 3336 | 2,525 | 134 |
| 1962 | 14 | 3438 | 2,854 | 126 |
| 1961 | 12 | 3793 | 3,091 | 124 |
| 1960 | 14 | 3357 | 3,396 | 117 |
| 1959 | 10 | 4031 | 3,582 | 112 |
| 1958 | 17 | 2862 | 3,513 | 115 |
| 1957 | 20 | 2563 | 3,637 | 103 |
| 1956 | 10 | 3910 | 3,578 | 102 |
| 1955 | 15 | 2971 | 3,502 | 97 |
| 1954 | 10 | 3718 | 3,695 | 93 |
| 1953 | 12 | 3269 | 3,789 | 92 |
| 1952 | 19 | 2411 | 3,960 | 90 |
| 1951 | 12 | 3106 | 3,994 | 87 |
| 1950 | 14 | 2781 | 4,195 | 84 |
| 1949 | 14 | 2726 | 4,731 | 72 |
| 1948 | 16 | 2491 | 5,376 | 66 |
| 1947 | 17 | 2448 | 6,392 | 56 |
| 1946 | 28 | 1678 | 6,012 | 51 |
| 1945 | 10 | 2916 | 5,118 | 51 |
| 1944 | 17 | 2096 | 5,580 | 47 |
| 1943 | 24 | 1751 | 6,168 | 45 |
| 1942 | 25 | 1668 | 6,088 | 46 |
| 1941 | 25 | 1569 | 5,619 | 43 |
| 1940 | 31 | 1347 | 5,581 | 40 |
| 1939 | 23 | 1585 | 5,538 | 40 |
| 1938 | 29 | 1382 | 5,768 | 38 |
| 1937 | 26 | 1451 | 5,738 | 35 |
| 1936 | 33 | 1245 | 5,602 | 36 |
| 1935 | 32 | 1264 | 5,493 | 34 |
| 1934 | 31 | 1292 | 5,466 | 33 |
| 1933 | 35 | 1197 | 5,287 | 34 |
| 1932 | 29 | 1382 | 5,525 | 33 |
| 1931 | 42 | 1092 | 5,698 | 33 |
| 1930 | 52 | 1019 | 6,049 | 32 |
| 1929 | 54 | 981 | 5,856 | 34 |
| 1928 | 64 | 924 | 6,036 | 36 |
| 1927 | 57 | 1010 | 6,313 | 35 |
| 1926 | 48 | 1079 | 6,447 | 31 |
| 1925 | 37 | 1296 | 6,205 | 33 |
| 1924 | 34 | 1409 | 6,532 | 32 |
| 1923 | 41 | 1213 | 6,314 | 33 |
| 1922 | 47 | 1114 | 6,245 | 33 |
| 1921 | 44 | 1148 | 6,496 | 33 |
| 1920 | 47 | 1087 | 6,298 | 33 |
| 1919 | 57 | 933 | 6,091 | 30 |
| 1918 | 53 | 989 | 6,182 | 33 |
| 1917 | 46 | 1040 | 5,986 | 29 |
| 1916 | 38 | 1147 | 5,745 | 29 |
| 1915 | 38 | 1094 | 5,778 | 26 |
| 1914 | 31 | 1080 | 4,441 | 28 |
| 1913 | 19 | 1308 | 3,624 | 27 |
| 1912 | 12 | 1620 | 3,103 | 26 |
| 1911 | 16 | 1113 | 1,808 | 22 |
| 1910 | 8 | 1773 | 1,587 | 22 |
| 1909 | 7 | 1763 | 1,355 | 22 |
| 1908 | 9 | 1439 | 1,381 | 20 |
| 1907 | 9 | 1384 | 1,371 | 19 |
| 1906 | 8 | 1416 | 1,193 | 20 |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | 1,284 | 18 |
| 1904 | 11 | 1092 | 1,223 | 18 |
| 1903 | 7 | 1440 | 1,204 | 18 |
| 1902 | 9 | 1219 | 1,286 | 18 |
| 1901 | 14 | 881 | 1,133 | 18 |
| 1900 | 14 | 1008 | 1,646 | 17 |
| 1899 | 10 | 1034 | 1,182 | 16 |
| 1898 | 12 | 1009 | 1,447 | 15 |
| 1897 | 14 | 867 | 1,301 | 16 |
| 1896 | 15 | 843 | 1,393 | 16 |
| 1895 | 15 | 815 | 1,483 | 15 |
| 1894 | 10 | 998 | 1,475 | 15 |
| 1893 | 9 | 1023 | 1,493 | 15 |
| 1892 | 13 | 830 | 1,628 | 15 |
| 1891 | 13 | 750 | 1,362 | 15 |
| 1890 | 14 | 727 | 1,506 | 15 |
| 1889 | 14 | 687 | 1,554 | 15 |
| 1888 | 15 | 663 | 1,665 | 15 |
| 1887 | 11 | 693 | 1,454 | 15 |
| 1886 | 9 | 778 | 1,599 | 15 |
| 1885 | 8 | 793 | 1,562 | 14 |
| 1884 | 10 | 686 | 1,638 | 15 |
| 1883 | 10 | 615 | 1,502 | 15 |
| 1882 | 9 | 634 | 1,641 | 15 |
| 1881 | 9 | 582 | 1,418 | 15 |
| 1880 | 9 | 580 | 1,569 | 15 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years