Fread is a rare variant of Fred that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Fread is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1953. Fread was first reported in SSA data in 1904 and peaked in 1928 (23 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,005 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,459 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,841 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #2,710 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,716 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,031 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,272 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,336 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,712 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,029 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #2,789 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #3,868 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #2,945 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,728 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,350 |
| 1928 | 23 | — | #1,582 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,228 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | #2,338 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,239 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,523 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,265 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,079 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | #3,070 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,053 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,211 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | #2,446 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,618 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | #2,612 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,512 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,750 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,155 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,245 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,538 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,406 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,049 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,117 |