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Fredrick

Gender
Boy
Say it
FRED-rik
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,008 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,728 for boys

Fredrick is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peaceful ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,008th for boys in the UK (33 babies) and 1,728th for boys in the US (94 babies).

What does Fredrick mean?

Germanic: spelling of Frederick

“peaceful ruler”

Variant spelling of Frederick.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Fredrick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the UK and 94 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Fredrick in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,008th among boys
Babies in 2025
33 about 1 in 9,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 33 boys in the UK were named Fredrick, making it the 1,008th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 805th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 59 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Fredrick than any year since 2013.

Half of all the boys named Fredrick in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,062 boys in the UK were given Fredrick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #56, up from #1,008 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 934th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 59 in 20192025
Fredrick in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202533#1,008
202449#769
202344#816
202243#813
202157#697
202043#805
201959#662
201851#741
201750#755
201642#838
201537#906
201437#891
201325#1,139
201230#1,030
201128#1,056
201027#1,085
200924#1,150
200821#1,249
200730#935
200623#1,065
200518#1,216
200417#1,183
200315#1,205
20029#1,594
20016#2,049
200016#1,021
199911#1,267
199810#1,346
19977#1,678
199611#1,215

How popular is Fredrick in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,728th among boys
Babies in 2025
94 about 1 in 18,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 94 boys in the US were named Fredrick, making it the 1,728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,423rd. Its busiest year was 1953, with 1,341 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Fredrick than any year since 1910.

Half of all the boys named Fredrick in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 925 boys in the US were given Fredrick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #367, up from #1,728 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,341 in 19532025
Fredrick in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202594#1,728
2024104#1,631
2023109#1,591
2022133#1,393
2021130#1,407
2020121#1,423
2019120#1,450
2018124#1,408
2017150#1,219
2016126#1,389
2015151#1,216
2014141#1,264
2013157#1,149
2012126#1,346
2011140#1,240
2010164#1,133
2009197#998
2008165#1,111
2007214#925
2006217#896
2005191#919
2004227#795
2003212#825
2002200#831
2001224#765
2000242#717
1999248#679
1998295#621
1997276#624
1996308#584
1995354#539
1994317#581
1993354#545
1992398#506
1991413#489
1990446#467
1989434#451
1988373#477
1987385#453
1986405#429
1985505#363
1984471#374
1983494#358
1982577#331
1981595#321
1980621#310
1979648#304
1978669#287
1977660#295
1976634#294
1975720#268
1974729#263
1973774#254
1972944#227
19711,022#232
1970942#247
1969786#265
1968821#250
1967787#256
1966843#248
1965819#258
1964870#260
1963812#268
1962817#267
1961898#262
1960905#263
1959922#263
1958958#252
19571,047#236
19561,136#216
19551,169#209
19541,235#201
19531,341#189
19521,211#192
19511,166#194
19501,162#190
19491,032#199
1948939#207
1947917#211
1946845#203
1945707#204
1944736#203
1943796#202
1942789#199
1941729#197
1940742#191
1939629#198
1938664#194
1937602#202
1936626#198
1935545#220
1934456#254
1933516#224
1932487#242
1931502#233
1930548#230
1929505#244
1928548#235
1927563#234
1926625#218
1925549#240
1924585#231
1923587#223
1922539#244
1921582#229
1920558#226
1919467#244
1918503#238
1917471#229
1916437#241
1915426#232
1914345#228
1913241#244
1912193#255
191195#266
191070#296
190956#307
190866#261
190757#277
190648#293
190549#281
190443#294
190359#234
190242#291
190149#245
190067#250
189943#254
189872#206
189765#209
189648#260
189562#220
189450#240
189373#197
189269#210
189155#214
189080#173
188968#191
188882#181
188782#151
188675#180
188562#202
188486#161
188384#155
188276#177
188165#178
1880103#126

Nicknames for Fredrick

Names like Fredrick

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Frank, Albert, Otis, Archie, Louie, Arthur, Henry, Stanley, Charlie, Leonard, Ernest, William

Other spellings of Fredrick

Frederick, Frederic, Fredrik, Frederik, Fredric

Names related to Fredrick

Frederico, Freddrick

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Fredrick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fredrick, updated 20 October 2026.