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Friedrich
OriginGerman variation of Frederick
Meaning"peaceful ruler"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#2880
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About Friedrich
The name Friedrich peaked for boys at #1915 in 1962.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,772 | 20 | 10.4 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,041 | 26 | 14.5 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,842 | 28 | 16 |
| 2022 | #4,759 | 21 | 12 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,921 | 20 | 11.6 |
| 2025 | #3,788 | 29 | 17 |
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- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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- Friedrich Hasenoehrl
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- Friedrich Bessel
German mathematician, astronomer
- Friedrich Hund
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- Friedrich Schiller
German poet
- Friedrich Engels
German Marxist theorist
- Friedrich Hayek
Austrian,British economist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
German philosopher
- Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
Dutch botanist
- Friedrich Hölderlin
German Romantic poet
- Friedrich Bergius
winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Gero Friedrich Johann
son of Prince Daniel & Princess Sandra of Saxony
Friedrich in pop culture
- Friedrich von Trapp
second eldest child in "The Sound of Music"
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