Fredrik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FRED-rik
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Fredrik is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peaceful ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Fredrik mean?
Germanic: Swedish and Norwegian form of Frederick
“peaceful ruler”
Swedish and Norwegian form of Frederick.
Is Fredrik a girl's or a boy's name?
Fredrik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fredrik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Fredrik, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,179th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fredrik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,062 boys in the UK were given Fredrik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #56, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Fredrik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,179 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Fredrik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Fredrik, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Fredrik in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 925 boys in the US were given Fredrik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #367, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Fredrik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
Nicknames for Fredrik
Names like Fredrik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie Theo Milo Alfie Hudson Enzo Felix Finley Vinnie Oakley Hugo Henry
Other spellings of Fredrik
Names related to Fredrik
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles
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, “Fredrik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fredrik, updated 20 October 2026.