Fred
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Fred
Where have all the Freds gone? We haven't seen many since the days of Flintstone and Munster. But it could be time for a comeback--if you think more of the sophistication of Fred Astaire, and of other nice guy names like Jack and Charlie and Sam.
Fred dropped off the popularity list in 2002, after being a double-digit favorite until 1955. Fred Weasley is a Harry Potter character, and there have been TV character Freds on Mad Men and Hot in Cleveland.
Fred is also given to girls.
Pronounced FRED.
As of October 2026, Fred ranked #11294 in US births in 1989 SSA, peaked at #597 in 1881.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,468 | 111 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,591 | 101 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,540 | 108 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,558 | 105 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,642 | 99 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,654 | 98 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,802 | 83 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,678 | 98 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,894 | 83 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,709 | 98 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,686 | 99 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,936 | 80 |
World rankings
Fred for boys
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Fred on lists
Famous Freds
- Fredrick Aaron "Fred" SavageBoy
American actor
- Fereydun Robert "Fred" ArmisenBoy
American actor and comedian
- Fred "Rick" ReinartBoy
American animator
- Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz)Boy
American dancer and actor
- Freddie Dalton "Fred" ThompsonBoy
actor and U.S. Senator from Tennessee
- Fred HoyleBoy
English astronomer
- Fred MeyersBoy
American actor
- William Frederick "Fred" DurstBoy
American musician of band Limp Bizkit
- Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva aka FredBoy
Brazilian footballer
- Frederico Chaves Guedes aka FredBoy
Brazilian footballer
- Frederick Sewards "Fred" TruemanBoy
English cricketer
- Fred WesleyBoy
American jazz trombonist
- Frederick "Fred" McFeely RogersBoy
TV's "Mister Rogers"
- Fred DavisBoy
English snooker player
- Frederick "Fred" SeibertBoy
American TV producer
- Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès aka FredBoy
French comics artist
- (Eric) Fred Norris (born Fred Leo Nukis)Boy
American radio personality
- Frederick Christ "Fred" TrumpBoy
American real estate developer and father of Donald Trump
Fred in pop culture
- Commander Fred WaterfordBoy
character in "The Handmaid's Tale"
- Frederick "Fred" FlintstoneBoy
main character on TV's "The Flintstones"
- Fred WeasleyBoy
twin of George Weasley in the "Harry Potter" series
- Fred Weasley IIBoy
George Weasley's son in the "Harry Potter" series
- Fred MertzBoy
character on TV's "I Love Lucy"
- Fred WilsonBoy
character in "King Kong" series
- Freaky FredBoy
antagonist on a particularly infamous "Courage the Cowardly Dog" episode
- Fred FigglehornBoy
squeaky,voiced pioneer of Internet serial shorts, played by Lucas Cruikshank
- Fred BensonBoy
geeky best friend of Carly Shay on Nickelodeon's "iCarly"
- Frederick "Fred" JonesBoy
character on animated series "Scooby,Doo"
- FredBoy
character on BabyFirst cartoon "Fred and Fiona"
- FredBoy
handyman character on BBC series "Call the Midwife"
- Fred YokasBoy
character on TV's "Third Watch"
- Fred AbberlineBoy
character in "Black Butler"
- Fred J. Dukes aka The BlobBoy
character in Marvel Universe
- "Fred BassetBoy
" comic strip by Alex Graham
- Right Said FredBoy
English band
- FredBoy
Irish band
- FredBoy
character in Disney's Big Hero 6
- Fred AndrewsBoy
father to Archie in Archie Comics and TV's Riverdale
- Fred SpookerBoy
A character from the YouTube channel VenturianTale
- Fred CaselyBoy
Roxie Hart's former boyfriend in "Chicago"
- FredBoy
deceased character in "Minecraft: Story Mode , Season Two"
- FredBoy
minor ghost character in "Pac,Man and the Ghostly Adventures"