Frederick
Top 1000
About Frederick
Frederick, and friendlier nickname Fred, seemed almost to have disappeared, leaving just the memory of Freds past such as Astaire, Mr. Rogers and Flintstone. But today's parents are beginning to recognize it as a strong classic and one of the top royal baby boy names.
Previously, Frederick had taken on a rather forbidding, foreign, military air, reminiscent of Frederick the Great, the enlightened king of Prussia who laid the foundations of the powerful Prussian empire.
For African-Americans, Frederick can be seen as a hero name, honoring Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to power as a political activist.
Frederick appears as a character in Shakespeare's As You Like It and the novels of, among others, Jane Austen and Henry James. The name is often streamlined to Frederic and even Fredric. And if you don't like Fred or Freddie (though we do), another nickname is Fritz.
Federico is the appealing Italian and Spanish form, as in renowned poet Federico Garcia Lorca.
Pronounced FRED-rik.
As of October 2026, Frederick ranked #435 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #33 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #172.
Editor's take: The name Frederick is a boy's name of German origin meaning "peaceful ruler".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #495 | 567 | 295.2 |
| 2015 | #515 | 558 | 291.1 |
| 2016 | #512 | 583 | 307.2 |
| 2017 | #500 | 581 | 313.9 |
| 2018 | #499 | 575 | 316.6 |
| 2019 | #476 | 615 | 342.8 |
| 2020 | #484 | 613 | 355.1 |
| 2021 | #476 | 629 | 359.5 |
| 2022 | #476 | 648 | 371.1 |
| 2023 | #506 | 596 | 348.4 |
| 2024 | #423 | 741 | 430.1 |
| 2025 | #435 | 728 | 426.2 |
World rankings
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Frederick on lists
Famous Fredericks
- Frederick I
III, Holy Roman Emperors
- Frederick I
King of Prussia
- Frederick II the Great
King of Prussia
- Frederick III (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl)
German Emperor
- Frederick William I
IV, Kings of Prussia
- Frederick I
VI, Kings of Denmark
- Frederick VII (Frederik Carl Christian)
King of Denmark
- Frederick VIII (Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl)
King of Denmark
- Frederick IX (Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg)
King of Denmark
- Frederick I William Charles
King of Württemberg
- Frederick Charles Louis Constantine
Prince of Hesse; elected King of Finland
- Frederick
King of Sweden
- Frederick Law Olmsted
American journalist/designer
- Frederick Douglass
American abolitionist and author
- Frederick Austerlitz
birth name of actor/dancer Fred Astaire
- Frederick Carlton Lewis
American track & field athlete
- Frederick Gardner Cottrell
American inventor
- Frederick Banting
Canadian physician (insulin)
- Frederick Augustus
Prince of Great Britain; Duke of York and Albany; son of George III
- Frederick I
V, Electors Palatine
- Frederick Louis
Prince of Wales; son of George II; father of George III
- Frederick
Prince of Prussia (Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Christoph); son of Crown Prince Frederick of Germany
- Frederick of Orange
Nassau (Willem Frederik Karel), Prince of the Netherlands; son of William I
- Frederick William George Adolphus
Prince of Hesse,Kassel
- Frederick Charles Augustus
Prince of Württemberg
- Frederick William
Prince of Great Britain; son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
- Frederick Forsyth
English novelist
- Frederick Sewards "Fred" Trueman
English cricketer
- Frederick Hollows
Australian ophthalmologist
- Frederick Pei Li
physician (Li,Fraumeni syndrome)
- Frederik Magle
Danish composer
- Frederick Woodward Skiff
American writer & book collector
- Frederick Varley
Canadian painter
- Burrhus Frederick Skinner
American psychology theorist
- Frederick Heyliger
US Army's WW2 Easy Company captain
- Frederick Dewey "Sonic" Smith
guitarist for band MC5
- (Frederick) Dierks Bentley
American country music singer
- Frederick Heschel Bialik Stone (b. 2008)
son of actress Mayim Bialik
- Frederick Easton Klein (b. 2016)
son of actor Chris Klein
Frederick in pop culture
- Frederick Gaylord Crane
Frasier's son on "Cheers"&"Frasier"
- Frederick Wentworth
character in Austen's 'Persuasion'
- Frederick "Fred" Andrews
character in Archie Comics Universe
- Frederick Loren
character in "House on Haunted Hill"
- Frederick
farmer in "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
- Frederick "Fred" Flintstone
character on "The Flintstones"
- Frederick "Fred" Jones
character on "Scooby,Doo"
- Frederick
Maryland (city and county)
- Frederick's of Hollywood
lingerie retail chain
- Frederick Hale
Margaret Hale's brother in North and South
- Frederick "Fred" Weasley
character from Harry Potter series
- Frederick Chilton
character in Hannibal
- Frederick "Freddie" McClair
from British show "Skins"
- Frederick J. "Fred" Dukes
also known as Blob, from Marvel Universe
- Frederick
usurping Duke in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
- King Frederick
character in animated movie "Barbie as Rapunzel"