Freddie
Boy · FRED-ee · Germanic
Freddie is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 9th for boys in the UK (2,797 babies) and 1,509th for boys in the US (116 babies).
What does Freddie mean?
Germanic: pet form of Frederick or Alfred
Pet form of Frederick or Alfred, now also given as a name in its own right.
- Say it
- FRED-ee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Freddie a girl's or a boy's name?
Freddie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 2,797 boys in the UK and 14 girls and 116 boys in the US.
How popular is Freddie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #9among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,797about 1 in 110 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 12%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,797 boys in the UK were named Freddie, making it the 9th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 3,446 boys. 3 girls were also named Freddie in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Freddie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,962 boys in the UK were given Freddie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #9.
Among boys in 2025, it was 10th in England and Wales, 12th in Scotland and 21st in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#96), 2014 (#20) and 2024 (#13).
Freddie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,797 | #9 |
| 2024 | 2,595 | #13 |
| 2023 | 2,708 | #11 |
| 2022 | 2,997 | #9 |
| 2021 | 3,162 | #11 |
| 2020 | 3,035 | #12 |
| 2019 | 3,141 | #14 |
| 2018 | 3,055 | #19 |
| 2017 | 3,317 | #17 |
| 2016 | 3,446 | #17 |
| 2015 | 3,358 | #17 |
| 2014 | 3,136 | #24 |
| 2013 | 2,139 | #38 |
| 2012 | 1,998 | #41 |
| 2011 | 1,865 | #46 |
| 2010 | 1,757 | #50 |
| 2009 | 1,390 | #57 |
| 2008 | 1,223 | #66 |
| 2007 | 1,202 | #68 |
| 2006 | 1,142 | #69 |
| 2005 | 851 | #87 |
| 2004 | 590 | #109 |
| 2003 | 441 | #128 |
| 2002 | 266 | #161 |
| 2001 | 204 | #186 |
| 2000 | 139 | #231 |
| 1999 | 103 | #303 |
| 1998 | 94 | #307 |
| 1997 | 94 | #313 |
| 1996 | 90 | #307 |
How popular is Freddie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,509among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 116about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 116 boys in the US were named Freddie, making it the 1,509th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. Its busiest year was 1947, with 1,724 boys. 14 girls were also named Freddie in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Freddie than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Freddie in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 243 boys in the US were given Freddie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #883, up from #1,509 for this spelling alone.
- Freddy 127
- Freddie 116
Girls were 40% of the babies named Freddie in the US in 1893, and 11% in 2025.
Freddie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #1,509 |
| 2024 | 80 | #1,957 |
| 2023 | 76 | #1,998 |
| 2022 | 77 | #1,980 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,614 |
| 2018 | 89 | #1,733 |
| 2017 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2016 | 85 | #1,788 |
| 2015 | 84 | #1,790 |
| 2014 | 82 | #1,812 |
| 2013 | 117 | #1,420 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,466 |
| 2011 | 98 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 105 | #1,536 |
| 2009 | 133 | #1,309 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,233 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,405 |
| 2006 | 140 | #1,194 |
| 2005 | 138 | #1,154 |
| 2004 | 129 | #1,189 |
| 2003 | 164 | #974 |
| 2002 | 161 | #975 |
| 2001 | 169 | #920 |
| 2000 | 163 | #930 |
| 1999 | 177 | #853 |
| 1998 | 178 | #828 |
| 1997 | 201 | #745 |
| 1996 | 197 | #754 |
| 1995 | 203 | #754 |
| 1994 | 220 | #701 |
| 1993 | 262 | #638 |
| 1992 | 281 | #613 |
| 1991 | 282 | #603 |
| 1990 | 310 | #574 |
| 1989 | 302 | #554 |
| 1988 | 319 | #514 |
| 1987 | 330 | #487 |
| 1986 | 369 | #453 |
| 1985 | 355 | #453 |
| 1984 | 379 | #428 |
| 1983 | 409 | #403 |
| 1982 | 416 | #407 |
| 1981 | 473 | #369 |
| 1980 | 490 | #361 |
| 1979 | 469 | #368 |
| 1978 | 475 | #355 |
| 1977 | 517 | #347 |
| 1976 | 504 | #342 |
| 1975 | 548 | #324 |
| 1974 | 525 | #333 |
| 1973 | 555 | #317 |
| 1972 | 593 | #308 |
| 1971 | 586 | #320 |
| 1970 | 656 | #305 |
| 1969 | 663 | #294 |
| 1968 | 721 | #273 |
| 1967 | 767 | #261 |
| 1966 | 800 | #256 |
| 1965 | 845 | #255 |
| 1964 | 904 | #255 |
| 1963 | 915 | #250 |
| 1962 | 1,038 | #240 |
| 1961 | 1,144 | #235 |
| 1960 | 1,219 | #227 |
| 1959 | 1,246 | #220 |
| 1958 | 1,266 | #211 |
| 1957 | 1,340 | #202 |
| 1956 | 1,423 | #196 |
| 1955 | 1,426 | #186 |
| 1954 | 1,491 | #179 |
| 1953 | 1,548 | #171 |
| 1952 | 1,490 | #177 |
| 1951 | 1,560 | #165 |
| 1950 | 1,615 | #155 |
| 1949 | 1,673 | #152 |
| 1948 | 1,708 | #152 |
| 1947 | 1,724 | #153 |
| 1946 | 1,591 | #151 |
| 1945 | 1,427 | #145 |
| 1944 | 1,515 | #138 |
| 1943 | 1,495 | #143 |
| 1942 | 1,514 | #140 |
| 1941 | 1,412 | #138 |
| 1940 | 1,318 | #138 |
| 1939 | 1,237 | #138 |
| 1938 | 1,309 | #132 |
| 1937 | 1,165 | #134 |
| 1936 | 1,195 | #134 |
| 1935 | 1,082 | #145 |
| 1934 | 988 | #152 |
| 1933 | 925 | #156 |
| 1932 | 909 | #166 |
| 1931 | 805 | #171 |
| 1930 | 841 | #171 |
| 1929 | 822 | #172 |
| 1928 | 744 | #191 |
| 1927 | 713 | #198 |
| 1926 | 708 | #198 |
| 1925 | 647 | #213 |
| 1924 | 592 | #227 |
| 1923 | 570 | #233 |
| 1922 | 496 | #253 |
| 1921 | 497 | #251 |
| 1920 | 452 | #258 |
| 1919 | 437 | #254 |
| 1918 | 371 | #277 |
| 1917 | 354 | #271 |
| 1916 | 340 | #276 |
| 1915 | 283 | #304 |
| 1914 | 231 | #298 |
| 1913 | 167 | #307 |
| 1912 | 146 | #296 |
| 1911 | 100 | #257 |
| 1910 | 95 | #246 |
| 1909 | 76 | #254 |
| 1908 | 72 | #248 |
| 1907 | 74 | #239 |
| 1906 | 51 | #279 |
| 1905 | 46 | #295 |
| 1904 | 39 | #320 |
| 1903 | 45 | #278 |
| 1902 | 38 | #312 |
| 1901 | 29 | #334 |
| 1900 | 63 | #256 |
| 1899 | 25 | #362 |
| 1898 | 20 | #452 |
| 1897 | 30 | #339 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 24 | #390 |
| 1894 | 28 | #336 |
| 1893 | 18 | #435 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 14 | #491 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
Nicknames for Freddie
- Fred 68 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Freddie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Freddie
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