Unisex name ★ peaked 1947

Freddie

Meaning A diminutive of the male given name Frederick Gender Unisex · 12% girls Rank 2025 #1,510 Trend → Stable

A diminutive of the male given name Frederick.

Rank 2025
#1,510
among boys · ↑455 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
130
named Freddie · +37% vs 2024
How common
1 in 14,725
boys born in 2025
Peak year
1947
1,958 babies
All-time total
83,643
#389 all-time among boys
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Freddie popularity over time

83,643 babies have been named Freddie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020BoysGirls
BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 43 83 126 13 – #499
1890s 180 194 374 37 +197% #342
1900s 292 533 825 83 +121% #240
1910s 958 2,524 3,482 348 +322% #246
1920s 2,001 6,241 8,242 824 +137% #172
1930s 2,190 10,456 12,646 1,265 +53% #132
1940s 2,381 15,377 17,758 1,776 +40% #138
1950s 1,407 14,405 15,812 1,581 -11% #155
1960s 433 9,016 9,449 945 -40% #227
1970s 164 5,428 5,592 559 -41% #305
1980s 112 3,842 3,954 395 -29% #361
1990s 67 2,311 2,378 238 -40% #575
2000s 15 1,454 1,469 147 -38% #921
2010s 14 949 963 96 -34% #1,421
2020s (to 2025) 71 502 573 96 -1% #1,510

Where Freddie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 117 0.07 outside top 500
2027 118 0.07 outside top 500
2028 119 0.07 outside top 500
2029 120 0.07 outside top 500
2030 121 0.07 outside top 500

Where Freddie is most popular

Boys named Freddie per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.048 per 1,000. Strongest in Utah, California, and New York.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Freddie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Utah 12 0.126 +162%
California 67 0.073 +53%
New York 26 0.060 +25%
Florida 28 0.059 +23%
Texas 31 0.035 -27%
Michigan 5 0.024 -49%
Georgia 6 0.024 -51%
Pennsylvania 6 0.023 -53%
Illinois 5 0.020 -59%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Carolina – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Freddie

Freddie is rare for boys in the United States, ranked #1,510 in 2025 with 116 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 83,643 American babies have been named Freddie, about 88% boys and 12% girls, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 1947, when 1,958 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1940s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Freddie stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Freddie?

The median living Freddie is about 66 years old; half are between 50 and 76. An estimated 46 thousand people named Freddie are alive in the United States today.

median 66 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Freddie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 14 #7,612 116 #1,510
2024 15 #7,365 80 #1,965
2023 10 #9,846 76 #2,006
2022 12 #8,709 77 #1,987
2021 8 #11,454 65 #2,180
2020 12 #8,575 88 #1,752
2019 – – 102 #1,615
2018 8 #11,779 89 #1,737
2017 – – 77 #1,886
2016 6 #14,951 85 #1,794
2015 – – 84 #1,795
2014 – – 82 #1,820
2013 – – 117 #1,421
2012 – – 110 #1,469
2011 – – 98 #1,581
2010 – – 105 #1,539
2009 – – 133 #1,310
2008 5 #18,440 141 #1,235
2007 – – 116 #1,405
2006 – – 140 #1,198
2005 – – 138 #1,158
2004 – – 129 #1,193
2003 – – 164 #977
2002 5 #16,302 161 #977
2001 5 #16,170 169 #921
2000 – – 163 #934
1995 7 #10,894 203 #757
1990 7 #10,573 310 #575
1985 5 #11,214 355 #453
1980 14 #5,060 490 #361
1975 12 #4,951 548 #325
1970 18 #3,472 656 #305
1965 37 #1,895 845 #255
1960 72 #1,295 1,219 #227
1955 143 #809 1,426 #186
1950 188 #612 1,615 #155
1945 243 #456 1,427 #145
1940 231 #449 1,318 #138
1935 238 #421 1,082 #145
1930 193 #483 841 #171
1925 214 #475 647 #213
1920 155 #577 452 #258
1915 105 #645 283 #304
1910 51 #579 95 #246
1905 28 #672 46 #295
1900 35 #594 63 #256
1895 16 #797 24 #392
1890 10 #892 9 #690
1885 – – 11 #586
1880 6 #783 9 #653

Famous people named Freddie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Freddie Highmore Freddie Highmore English actor (born 1992) Contemporary
  2. 2 Freddie Prinze Jr. Freddie Prinze Jr. American actor (born 1976) Contemporary
  3. 3 Freddie Fox Freddie Fox British actor (born 1989) Contemporary
  4. 4 Freddie Stroma Freddie Stroma British actor (born 1987) Contemporary
  5. 5 Freddie Woodman Freddie Woodman English footballer (born 1997) Contemporary
  6. 6 Freddie Jones Freddie Jones English actor (1927–2019) Contemporary
  7. 7 Freddie Ljungberg Freddie Ljungberg Swedish footballer and manager (born 1977) Contemporary
  8. 8 Freddie King Freddie King American blues guitarist and singer (1934–1976) Contemporary
  9. 9 Freddie Hubbard Freddie Hubbard American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008) Contemporary
  10. 10 Freddie Bartholomew Freddie Bartholomew American actor (1924–1992) Contemporary
  11. 11 Freddie Aguilar Freddie Aguilar Filipino musician (1953–2025) Contemporary
  12. 12 Freddie Sears Freddie Sears English footballer (born 1989) Contemporary
  13. 13 Freddie Francis Freddie Francis English filmmaker (1917–2007) Contemporary
  14. 14 Freddie Freddie Hungarian singer (born 1990) Contemporary
  15. 15 Freddie Pitcher Freddie Pitcher President of Nauru in 2011 b. 1967 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Freddie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Freddie?

The median living Freddie is about 66 years old. Half of all living Freddies are between 50 and 76 years old.

How many people named Freddie are alive today?

An estimated 46 thousand people named Freddie are alive in the United States, based on 83,643 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Freddie mean?

A diminutive of the male given name Frederick.

How popular is the name Freddie in 2025?

Freddie ranked #1,510 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 116 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Freddie?

83,643 babies have been named Freddie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Freddie most popular?

Freddie peaked in 1947, when 1,958 newborns received the name.

Is Freddie a boy or girl name?

Freddie is used for both: about 12% of babies named Freddie have been girls and 88% boys.

Is the name Freddie rising or falling?

Freddie has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Freddie become more popular?

Freddie looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 121 boys named Freddie in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Freddie?

Well-known people named Freddie include Freddie Highmore (actor), Freddie Prinze Jr. (actor), Freddie Fox (actor).

Names like Freddie

Names that sound and feel close to Freddie: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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