Frederick
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
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.
Frederick is also given to girls.
Pronounced FRED-rik.
As of October 2026, Frederick ranked #435 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #33 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #172.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #495 | 567 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #515 | 558 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #512 | 583 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #500 | 581 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #499 | 575 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #476 | 615 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #484 | 613 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #476 | 629 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #476 | 648 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #506 | 596 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #423 | 741 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #435 | 728 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Frederick for boys
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Frederick on lists
Famous Fredericks
- Frederick IBoy
III, Holy Roman Emperors
- Frederick IBoy
King of Prussia
- Frederick II the GreatBoy
King of Prussia
- Frederick III (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl)Boy
German Emperor
- Frederick William IBoy
IV, Kings of Prussia
- Frederick IBoy
VI, Kings of Denmark
- Frederick VII (Frederik Carl Christian)Boy
King of Denmark
- Frederick VIII (Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl)Boy
King of Denmark
- Frederick IX (Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg)Boy
King of Denmark
- Frederick I William CharlesBoy
King of Württemberg
- Frederick Charles Louis ConstantineBoy
Prince of Hesse; elected King of Finland
- FrederickBoy
King of Sweden
- Frederick Law OlmstedBoy
American journalist/designer
- Frederick DouglassBoy
American abolitionist and author
- Frederick AusterlitzBoy
birth name of actor/dancer Fred Astaire
- Frederick Carlton LewisBoy
American track & field athlete
- Frederick Gardner CottrellBoy
American inventor
- Frederick BantingBoy
Canadian physician (insulin)
- Frederick AugustusBoy
Prince of Great Britain; Duke of York and Albany; son of George III
- Frederick IBoy
V, Electors Palatine
- Frederick LouisBoy
Prince of Wales; son of George II; father of George III
- FrederickBoy
Prince of Prussia (Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Christoph); son of Crown Prince Frederick of Germany
- Frederick of OrangeBoy
Nassau (Willem Frederik Karel), Prince of the Netherlands; son of William I
- Frederick William George AdolphusBoy
Prince of Hesse,Kassel
- Frederick Charles AugustusBoy
Prince of Württemberg
- Frederick WilliamBoy
Prince of Great Britain; son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
- Frederick ForsythBoy
English novelist
- Frederick Sewards "Fred" TruemanBoy
English cricketer
- Frederick HollowsBoy
Australian ophthalmologist
- Frederick Pei LiBoy
physician (Li,Fraumeni syndrome)
- Frederik MagleBoy
Danish composer
- Frederick Woodward SkiffBoy
American writer & book collector
- Frederick VarleyBoy
Canadian painter
- Burrhus Frederick SkinnerBoy
American psychology theorist
- Frederick HeyligerBoy
US Army's WW2 Easy Company captain
- Frederick Dewey "Sonic" SmithBoy
guitarist for band MC5
- (Frederick) Dierks BentleyBoy
American country music singer
- Frederick Heschel Bialik Stone (b. 2008)Boy
son of actress Mayim Bialik
- Frederick Easton Klein (b. 2016)Boy
son of actor Chris Klein
Frederick in pop culture
- Frederick Gaylord CraneBoy
Frasier's son on "Cheers"&"Frasier"
- Frederick WentworthBoy
character in Austen's 'Persuasion'
- Frederick "Fred" AndrewsBoy
character in Archie Comics Universe
- Frederick LorenBoy
character in "House on Haunted Hill"
- FrederickBoy
farmer in "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
- Frederick "Fred" FlintstoneBoy
character on "The Flintstones"
- Frederick "Fred" JonesBoy
character on "Scooby,Doo"
- FrederickBoy
Maryland (city and county)
- Frederick's of HollywoodBoy
lingerie retail chain
- Frederick HaleBoy
Margaret Hale's brother in North and South
- Frederick "Fred" WeasleyBoy
character from Harry Potter series
- Frederick ChiltonBoy
character in Hannibal
- Frederick "Freddie" McClairBoy
from British show "Skins"
- Frederick J. "Fred" DukesBoy
also known as Blob, from Marvel Universe
- FrederickBoy
usurping Duke in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
- King FrederickBoy
character in animated movie "Barbie as Rapunzel"