Frederick

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Frederick is a male given name meaning "peace king" or "peaceful ruler". It is the English form of the German name Friedrich. Its meaning is derived from the Germanic word elements frid, or peace, and ric, meaning "king", "ruler", or "power".

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Frederick first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1951 with 4,984 babies (rank #78 that year). In 2024 it was given to 741 boys (rank #423). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Frederick

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Frederick yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

266,429
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
4,984
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880483#33
1881433#36
1882457#37
1883438#37
1884454#42
1885466#37
1886461#40
1887464#37
1888496#42
1889451#44
1890410#43
1891412#44
1892453#48
1893432#47
1894413#54
1895406#54
1896381#57
1897369#56
1898368#60
1899350#55
1900420#64
1901336#60
1902330#70
1903341#63
1904390#63
1905381#67
1906377#67
1907410#68
1908438#68
1909477#64
1910543#69
1911802#52
19121,564#51
19131,996#49
19142,415#52
19153,159#52
19163,325#52
19173,455#51
19183,351#59
19192,932#64
19203,275#60
19213,376#61
19223,353#60
19233,278#60
19243,279#62
19253,088#65
19263,120#64
19273,048#64
19282,882#67
19292,813#67
19302,694#74
19312,471#73
19322,501#73
19332,321#78
19342,431#77
19352,582#73
19362,817#70
19372,878#68
19382,935#71
19392,972#71
19403,096#68
19413,288#69
19423,738#68
19433,840#70
19443,583#73
19453,436#77
19464,231#75
19474,637#78
19484,517#75
19494,747#70
19504,659#75
19514,984#78
19524,979#76
19534,865#80
19544,743#83
19554,551#86
19564,305#91
19574,011#99
19583,639#110
19593,549#114
19603,478#114
19613,313#117
19623,257#116
19633,125#117
19643,357#105
19653,154#106
19662,885#109
19672,815#110
19682,611#113
19692,773#116
19702,887#115
19712,974#108
19722,438#116
19732,183#120
19741,928#135
19751,787#141
19761,731#145
19771,627#152
19781,533#158
19791,638#159
19801,608#161
19811,470#170
19821,366#186
19831,437#179
19841,221#197
19851,224#197
19861,269#198
19871,170#213
19881,178#219
19891,114#238
19901,076#252
19911,135#246
19921,038#275
1993948#292
1994903#299
1995830#316
1996809#324
1997711#356
1998720#362
1999673#384
2000647#395
2001614#408
2002580#429
2003587#432
2004581#447
2005569#450
2006556#476
2007484#531
2008521#521
2009491#538
2010527#493
2011472#541
2012488#535
2013556#492
2014567#495
2015558#515
2016583#512
2017581#500
2018575#499
2019615#476
2020613#484
2021629#476
2022648#476
2023596#506
2024741#423