Friedrich
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Friedrich is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Friedrich mean?
Germanic
A male given name from German, equivalent to English Frederick.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Friedrich a girl's or a boy's name?
Friedrich is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Friedrich in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.
Friedrich in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Friedrich in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Friedrich, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had the most boys named Friedrich of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Friedrich in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Friedrich in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
Names like Friedrich
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie Milo Noah Hugo Theo Hudson Felix Enzo Finley Ezra Jonah Vinnie
Names related to Friedrich
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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, “Friedrich: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/friedrich, updated 20 October 2026.