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Federico

Boy · fed-e-REE-koh · Germanic

Federico is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peaceful ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 2,035th for boys in the US (73 babies).

What does Federico mean?

Germanic: Italian and Spanish form of Frederick

“peaceful ruler”

Italian and Spanish form of Frederick; borne by poet Federico García Lorca and film director Federico Fellini.

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fed-e-REE-koh

Is Federico a girl's or a boy's name?

Federico is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 73 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Federico in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,220among boys
Babies in 2025
25about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Federico, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 29 boys.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the boys named Federico in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,275th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 29 in 20192025
Federico in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202525#1,220
202423#1,263
202322#1,322
202219#1,452
202126#1,166
202024#1,206
201929#1,061
201826#1,142
201717#1,563
201616#1,655
201519#1,416
201417#1,511
201327#1,088
201216#1,622
201111#2,011
201020#1,342
200925#1,115
200828#1,020
200714#1,605
200610#1,845
200512#1,599
20046#2,399
200312#1,418
200211#1,384
200110#1,458
20004#2,612
19997#1,749
19983#3,021
19975#2,109
19967#1,652

How popular is Federico in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,035among boys
Babies in 2025
73about 1 in 23,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 73 boys in the US were named Federico, making it the 2,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 148 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.

Half of all the boys named Federico in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

1889Busiest: 148 in 19762025
Federico in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202573#2,035
202492#1,776
202372#2,063
202271#2,093
202164#2,192
202065#2,139
201970#2,061
201859#2,281
201751#2,492
201666#2,110
201562#2,189
201482#1,812
201367#2,020
201288#1,710
201173#1,904
201082#1,793
200980#1,838
2008105#1,532
2007147#1,197
2006104#1,467
2005122#1,271
2004123#1,229
2003131#1,148
2002122#1,158
2001116#1,176
2000110#1,218
1999112#1,159
1998115#1,111
1997123#1,038
1996119#1,028
1995122#1,002
1994110#1,059
1993117#1,011
1992117#1,001
1991137#897
1990119#945
1989143#834
1988100#960
1987105#920
1986107#877
1985112#852
1984107#848
1983118#805
1982126#782
1981127#772
1980131#764
1979124#777
1978108#820
1977118#786
1976148#679
1975113#780
1974106#779
197398#799
1972116#735
197198#816
197092#839
196985#833
196873#851
196790#768
196676#835
196577#837
196468#921
196367#910
196275#878
196172#900
196078#861
195984#829
195878#854
195775#872
195661#953
195589#771
195479#812
195373#838
195261#906
195165#866
195078#771
194958#904
194881#751
194749#1,028
194653#911
194550#899
194444#974
194341#1,053
194236#1,139
194140#1,019
194048#919
193929#1,219
193840#1,009
193741#982
193641#972
193539#1,020
193452#869
193347#905
193246#963
193167#756
193052#928
192950#952
192861#846
192761#866
192649#980
192548#984
192442#1,107
192335#1,213
192239#1,140
192151#981
192037#1,180
191919#1,751
191831#1,256
191724#1,437
191628#1,265
191522#1,453
191419#1,388
191310#1,802
191210#1,618
191111#1,037
191014#822
19096#1,277
190810#877
19070–
19066#1,110
19058#918
19046#1,063
19030–
19020–
19010–
19006#1,161
18990–
18980–
18970–
18965#1,100
18955#1,078
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18908#739
18897#789

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