Fred
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.
Pronounced FRED.
As of October 2026, Fred ranked #1936 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #14 in 1885.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,468 | 111 | 57.8 |
| 2015 | #1,591 | 101 | 52.7 |
| 2016 | #1,540 | 108 | 56.9 |
| 2017 | #1,558 | 105 | 56.7 |
| 2018 | #1,642 | 99 | 54.5 |
| 2019 | #1,654 | 98 | 54.6 |
| 2020 | #1,802 | 83 | 48.1 |
| 2021 | #1,678 | 98 | 56 |
| 2022 | #1,894 | 83 | 47.5 |
| 2023 | #1,709 | 98 | 57.3 |
| 2024 | #1,686 | 99 | 57.5 |
| 2025 | #1,936 | 80 | 46.8 |
World rankings
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Fred on lists
Famous Freds
- Fredrick Aaron "Fred" Savage
American actor
- Fereydun Robert "Fred" Armisen
American actor and comedian
- Fred "Rick" Reinart
American animator
- Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz)
American dancer and actor
- Freddie Dalton "Fred" Thompson
actor and U.S. Senator from Tennessee
- Fred Hoyle
English astronomer
- Fred Meyers
American actor
- William Frederick "Fred" Durst
American musician of band Limp Bizkit
- Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva aka Fred
Brazilian footballer
- Frederico Chaves Guedes aka Fred
Brazilian footballer
- Frederick Sewards "Fred" Trueman
English cricketer
- Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
- Frederick "Fred" McFeely Rogers
TV's "Mister Rogers"
- Fred Davis
English snooker player
- Frederick "Fred" Seibert
American TV producer
- Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès aka Fred
French comics artist
- (Eric) Fred Norris (born Fred Leo Nukis)
American radio personality
- Frederick Christ "Fred" Trump
American real estate developer and father of Donald Trump
Fred in pop culture
- Commander Fred Waterford
character in "The Handmaid's Tale"
- Frederick "Fred" Flintstone
main character on TV's "The Flintstones"
- Fred Weasley
twin of George Weasley in the "Harry Potter" series
- Fred Weasley II
George Weasley's son in the "Harry Potter" series
- Fred Mertz
character on TV's "I Love Lucy"
- Fred Wilson
character in "King Kong" series
- Freaky Fred
antagonist on a particularly infamous "Courage the Cowardly Dog" episode
- Fred Figglehorn
squeaky,voiced pioneer of Internet serial shorts, played by Lucas Cruikshank
- Fred Benson
geeky best friend of Carly Shay on Nickelodeon's "iCarly"
- Frederick "Fred" Jones
character on animated series "Scooby,Doo"
- Fred
character on BabyFirst cartoon "Fred and Fiona"
- Fred
handyman character on BBC series "Call the Midwife"
- Fred Yokas
character on TV's "Third Watch"
- Fred Abberline
character in "Black Butler"
- Fred J. Dukes aka The Blob
character in Marvel Universe
- "Fred Basset
" comic strip by Alex Graham
- Right Said Fred
English band
- Fred
Irish band
- Fred
character in Disney's Big Hero 6
- Fred Andrews
father to Archie in Archie Comics and TV's Riverdale
- Fred Spooker
A character from the YouTube channel VenturianTale
- Fred Casely
Roxie Hart's former boyfriend in "Chicago"
- Fred
deceased character in "Minecraft: Story Mode , Season Two"
- Fred
minor ghost character in "Pac,Man and the Ghostly Adventures"