NameTides

Frederick

Frederick was the #435 boys' name in the US in 2025 (728 babies), and #52 in England & Wales and #268 in Canada.

Frederick as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Frederick as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Frederick as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#435 (728)#52 (954)#226 (18)#212 (9)#329 (12)#268 (125)#78 (104)#83 (88)
2024#422 (747)#55 (964)#218 (19)#339 (4)#327 (12)#258 (126)#97 (87)—
2023#506 (596)#63 (866)#227 (19)#249 (7)#268 (16)#291 (109)—#97 (69)
2022#478 (648)#65 (886)#169 (29)#177 (12)#329 (13)#284 (112)—#90 (76)
2021#476 (629)#61 (1,017)#186 (25)#176 (13)#349 (11)#287 (121)—#87 (84)
2020#484 (613)#63 (952)#204 (21)#270 (6)#324 (13)#254 (130)——
2019#476 (615)#65 (983)#194 (25)#274 (6)#312 (14)#261 (133)——
2018#499 (575)#65 (1,010)#208 (22)#171 (14)#318 (13)#307 (110)——
2017#499 (581)#72 (879)#250 (18)#229 (8)#272 (17)#389 (78)——
2016#512 (583)#76 (874)#268 (16)#421 (3)#245 (20)#384 (80)——
2015#515 (558)#76 (875)#231 (20)#342 (4)#308 (14)#339 (94)——
2014#496 (567)#81 (815)#252 (17)#346 (4)#508 (6)#313 (106)——
2013#492 (556)#82 (766)#269 (15)#303 (5)#276 (17)#361 (82)——
2012#535 (488)#87 (733)#261 (16)#403 (3)#279 (17)#396 (73)——
2011#540 (472)#96 (669)#231 (18)#311 (4)#407 (9)#344 (87)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1887 at #37.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 290common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Frederick is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Frederick by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #262WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #188NHWashington: #382WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #213MNIllinois: #316ILMichigan: #393MINew York: #359NYMassachusetts: #289MAOregon: #263ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #379INOhio: #363OHPennsylvania: #356PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: #219CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #582CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #281MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #277KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #431NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #482GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #602TXFlorida: #569FL
Frederick (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#26152
Quebec2025#42710

Frederick (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FrederickCanadaGirls—too few
FrederickCanadaBoys#268125
FrederickEngland & WalesBoys#52954
FrederickIrelandBoys#32912
FrederickNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
FrederickNSWBoys#78104
FrederickScotlandBoys#22618
FrederickUSGirls—too few
FrederickUSBoys#435728
FrederickVICBoys#8388