Fred
Boy · FRED · Germanic
Fred is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 617th for boys in the UK (68 babies) and 1,932nd for boys in the US (80 babies).
What does Fred mean?
Germanic: short form of Frederick or Alfred
Short form of Frederick or Alfred, now also given as a name in its own right.
- Say it
- FRED
More on Wiktionary.
Is Fred a girl's or a boy's name?
Fred is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 68 boys in the UK and 80 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fred in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #617among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 68about 1 in 4,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 68 boys in the UK were named Fred, making it the 617th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 601st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 77 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fred in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 593rd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#38), 1914 (#47), 1924 (#63) and 1934 (#97).
Fred in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #617 |
| 2024 | 67 | #622 |
| 2023 | 69 | #597 |
| 2022 | 66 | #624 |
| 2021 | 71 | #598 |
| 2020 | 68 | #601 |
| 2019 | 57 | #675 |
| 2018 | 67 | #609 |
| 2017 | 70 | #608 |
| 2016 | 53 | #723 |
| 2015 | 63 | #627 |
| 2014 | 64 | #613 |
| 2013 | 64 | #608 |
| 2012 | 56 | #678 |
| 2011 | 66 | #578 |
| 2010 | 77 | #506 |
| 2009 | 61 | #597 |
| 2008 | 75 | #516 |
| 2007 | 70 | #522 |
| 2006 | 62 | #535 |
| 2005 | 60 | #519 |
| 2004 | 54 | #535 |
| 2003 | 48 | #546 |
| 2002 | 39 | #586 |
| 2001 | 42 | #531 |
| 2000 | 41 | #541 |
| 1999 | 37 | #575 |
| 1998 | 30 | #657 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 26 | #662 |
How popular is Fred in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,932among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were named Fred, making it the 1,932nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,798th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 6,532 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Fred since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Fred in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1948, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fred in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #1,932 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,685 |
| 2023 | 98 | #1,711 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,678 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,652 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,554 |
| 2016 | 109 | #1,532 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,588 |
| 2014 | 111 | #1,465 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,516 |
| 2010 | 107 | #1,517 |
| 2009 | 121 | #1,403 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,303 |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,229 |
| 2006 | 175 | #1,038 |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,111 |
| 2004 | 161 | #1,015 |
| 2003 | 152 | #1,036 |
| 2002 | 187 | #874 |
| 2001 | 182 | #874 |
| 2000 | 157 | #963 |
| 1999 | 200 | #779 |
| 1998 | 217 | #742 |
| 1997 | 221 | #714 |
| 1996 | 257 | #649 |
| 1995 | 245 | #670 |
| 1994 | 256 | #650 |
| 1993 | 314 | #579 |
| 1992 | 316 | #571 |
| 1991 | 368 | #521 |
| 1990 | 385 | #496 |
| 1989 | 416 | #462 |
| 1988 | 392 | #457 |
| 1987 | 380 | #455 |
| 1986 | 443 | #408 |
| 1985 | 463 | #385 |
| 1984 | 449 | #385 |
| 1983 | 546 | #338 |
| 1982 | 554 | #340 |
| 1981 | 582 | #329 |
| 1980 | 585 | #324 |
| 1979 | 612 | #315 |
| 1978 | 694 | #278 |
| 1977 | 747 | #265 |
| 1976 | 799 | #248 |
| 1975 | 840 | #247 |
| 1974 | 890 | #232 |
| 1973 | 1,020 | #215 |
| 1972 | 1,039 | #215 |
| 1971 | 1,281 | #194 |
| 1970 | 1,503 | #183 |
| 1969 | 1,575 | #176 |
| 1968 | 1,570 | #172 |
| 1967 | 1,687 | #160 |
| 1966 | 1,881 | #151 |
| 1965 | 2,146 | #141 |
| 1964 | 2,464 | #133 |
| 1963 | 2,525 | #134 |
| 1962 | 2,854 | #126 |
| 1961 | 3,091 | #124 |
| 1960 | 3,396 | #117 |
| 1959 | 3,582 | #112 |
| 1958 | 3,513 | #115 |
| 1957 | 3,637 | #103 |
| 1956 | 3,578 | #102 |
| 1955 | 3,502 | #97 |
| 1954 | 3,695 | #93 |
| 1953 | 3,789 | #92 |
| 1952 | 3,960 | #90 |
| 1951 | 3,994 | #87 |
| 1950 | 4,195 | #84 |
| 1949 | 4,731 | #72 |
| 1948 | 5,376 | #66 |
| 1947 | 6,392 | #56 |
| 1946 | 6,012 | #51 |
| 1945 | 5,118 | #51 |
| 1944 | 5,580 | #47 |
| 1943 | 6,168 | #45 |
| 1942 | 6,088 | #46 |
| 1941 | 5,619 | #43 |
| 1940 | 5,581 | #40 |
| 1939 | 5,538 | #40 |
| 1938 | 5,768 | #38 |
| 1937 | 5,738 | #35 |
| 1936 | 5,602 | #36 |
| 1935 | 5,493 | #34 |
| 1934 | 5,466 | #33 |
| 1933 | 5,287 | #34 |
| 1932 | 5,525 | #33 |
| 1931 | 5,698 | #33 |
| 1930 | 6,049 | #32 |
| 1929 | 5,856 | #34 |
| 1928 | 6,036 | #36 |
| 1927 | 6,313 | #35 |
| 1926 | 6,447 | #31 |
| 1925 | 6,205 | #33 |
| 1924 | 6,532 | #32 |
| 1923 | 6,314 | #33 |
| 1922 | 6,245 | #33 |
| 1921 | 6,496 | #33 |
| 1920 | 6,298 | #33 |
| 1919 | 6,091 | #30 |
| 1918 | 6,182 | #33 |
| 1917 | 5,986 | #29 |
| 1916 | 5,745 | #29 |
| 1915 | 5,778 | #26 |
| 1914 | 4,441 | #28 |
| 1913 | 3,624 | #27 |
| 1912 | 3,103 | #26 |
| 1911 | 1,808 | #22 |
| 1910 | 1,587 | #22 |
| 1909 | 1,355 | #22 |
| 1908 | 1,381 | #20 |
| 1907 | 1,371 | #19 |
| 1906 | 1,193 | #20 |
| 1905 | 1,284 | #18 |
| 1904 | 1,223 | #18 |
| 1903 | 1,204 | #18 |
| 1902 | 1,286 | #18 |
| 1901 | 1,133 | #18 |
| 1900 | 1,646 | #17 |
| 1899 | 1,182 | #16 |
| 1898 | 1,447 | #15 |
| 1897 | 1,301 | #16 |
| 1896 | 1,393 | #16 |
| 1895 | 1,483 | #15 |
| 1894 | 1,475 | #15 |
| 1893 | 1,493 | #15 |
| 1892 | 1,628 | #15 |
| 1891 | 1,362 | #15 |
| 1890 | 1,506 | #15 |
| 1889 | 1,554 | #15 |
| 1888 | 1,665 | #15 |
| 1887 | 1,454 | #15 |
| 1886 | 1,599 | #15 |
| 1885 | 1,562 | #14 |
| 1884 | 1,638 | #15 |
| 1883 | 1,502 | #15 |
| 1882 | 1,641 | #15 |
| 1881 | 1,418 | #15 |
| 1880 | 1,569 | #15 |
Nicknames for Fred
- Freddie 2,797 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Fred
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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