Fredric
Boy · FRED-rik · Germanic
Fredric is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peaceful ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Fredric mean?
Germanic: spelling of Frederick
“peaceful ruler”
The actor Fredric March, a two-time Academy Award winner, used this spelling.
- Say it
- FRED-rik
Is Fredric a girl's or a boy's name?
Fredric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fredric in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fredric in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Fredric in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Fredric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Fredric, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 223 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Fredric in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 925 boys in the US were given Fredric or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #367, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Fredric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,200 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,653 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,452 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,252 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,181 |
| 1974 | 41 | #1,335 |
| 1973 | 71 | #957 |
| 1972 | 69 | #976 |
| 1971 | 79 | #914 |
| 1970 | 70 | #959 |
| 1969 | 70 | #911 |
| 1968 | 72 | #856 |
| 1967 | 81 | #806 |
| 1966 | 66 | #888 |
| 1965 | 90 | #777 |
| 1964 | 93 | #782 |
| 1963 | 90 | #799 |
| 1962 | 95 | #778 |
| 1961 | 102 | #761 |
| 1960 | 109 | #737 |
| 1959 | 133 | #661 |
| 1958 | 116 | #694 |
| 1957 | 142 | #643 |
| 1956 | 153 | #610 |
| 1955 | 180 | #548 |
| 1954 | 173 | #554 |
| 1953 | 186 | #516 |
| 1952 | 207 | #488 |
| 1951 | 177 | #510 |
| 1950 | 208 | #458 |
| 1949 | 194 | #471 |
| 1948 | 201 | #472 |
| 1947 | 223 | #449 |
| 1946 | 199 | #450 |
| 1945 | 196 | #427 |
| 1944 | 142 | #509 |
| 1943 | 218 | #421 |
| 1942 | 200 | #435 |
| 1941 | 169 | #453 |
| 1940 | 145 | #478 |
| 1939 | 179 | #424 |
| 1938 | 163 | #452 |
| 1937 | 170 | #435 |
| 1936 | 150 | #459 |
| 1935 | 167 | #435 |
| 1934 | 138 | #487 |
| 1933 | 127 | #498 |
| 1932 | 101 | #588 |
| 1931 | 91 | #624 |
| 1930 | 72 | #749 |
| 1929 | 68 | #781 |
| 1928 | 57 | #883 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,098 |
| 1926 | 58 | #875 |
| 1925 | 52 | #933 |
| 1924 | 59 | #907 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 62 | #871 |
| 1921 | 70 | #814 |
| 1920 | 61 | #877 |
| 1919 | 57 | #877 |
| 1918 | 76 | #733 |
| 1917 | 82 | #660 |
| 1916 | 65 | #757 |
| 1915 | 79 | #652 |
| 1914 | 50 | #745 |
| 1913 | 32 | #855 |
| 1912 | 31 | #783 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
Nicknames for Fredric
Names like Fredric
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