Fred is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4109 for boy births in the United States, given to 80 babies. Fred first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1924 (6,566 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #4,109 |
| 2024 | 99 | #3,604 |
| 2023 | 98 | #3,640 |
| 2022 | 83 | #4,036 |
| 2021 | 98 | #3,595 |
| 2020 | 83 | #3,897 |
| 2019 | 98 | #3,569 |
| 2018 | 99 | #3,555 |
| 2017 | 105 | #3,414 |
| 2016 | 109 | #3,349 |
| 2015 | 101 | #3,517 |
| 2014 | 111 | #3,247 |
| 2013 | 102 | #3,437 |
| 2012 | 106 | #3,352 |
| 2011 | 105 | #3,375 |
| 2010 | 107 | #3,356 |
| 2009 | 121 | #3,141 |
| 2008 | 133 | #2,944 |
| 2007 | 143 | #2,774 |
| 2006 | 175 | #2,335 |
| 2005 | 148 | #2,523 |
| 2004 | 161 | #2,311 |
| 2003 | 152 | #2,359 |
| 2002 | 187 | #1,957 |
| 2001 | 182 | #1,994 |
| 2000 | 157 | #2,170 |
| 1999 | 200 | #1,786 |
| 1998 | 217 | #1,671 |
| 1997 | 221 | #1,592 |
| 1996 | 257 | #1,425 |
| 1995 | 245 | #1,459 |
| 1994 | 256 | #1,426 |
| 1993 | 314 | #1,258 |
| 1992 | 316 | #1,248 |
| 1991 | 368 | #1,128 |
| 1990 | 385 | #1,092 |
| 1989 | 422 | #1,006 |
| 1988 | 392 | #1,010 |
| 1987 | 380 | #983 |
| 1986 | 443 | #885 |
| 1985 | 463 | #844 |
| 1984 | 463 | #822 |
| 1983 | 546 | #737 |
| 1982 | 560 | #750 |
| 1981 | 590 | #712 |
| 1980 | 592 | #707 |
| 1979 | 617 | #680 |
| 1978 | 699 | #608 |
| 1977 | 756 | #581 |
| 1976 | 804 | #534 |
| 1975 | 845 | #532 |
| 1974 | 896 | #514 |
| 1973 | 1,033 | #462 |
| 1972 | 1,045 | #473 |
| 1971 | 1,294 | #427 |
| 1970 | 1,510 | #394 |
| 1969 | 1,591 | #373 |
| 1968 | 1,582 | #366 |
| 1967 | 1,705 | #348 |
| 1966 | 1,889 | #327 |
| 1965 | 2,152 | #308 |
| 1964 | 2,472 | #291 |
| 1963 | 2,540 | #293 |
| 1962 | 2,868 | #274 |
| 1961 | 3,103 | #266 |
| 1960 | 3,410 | #252 |
| 1959 | 3,592 | #243 |
| 1958 | 3,530 | #241 |
| 1957 | 3,657 | #231 |
| 1956 | 3,588 | #226 |
| 1955 | 3,517 | #217 |
| 1954 | 3,705 | #210 |
| 1953 | 3,801 | #195 |
| 1952 | 3,979 | #187 |
| 1951 | 4,006 | #180 |
| 1950 | 4,209 | #174 |
| 1949 | 4,745 | #149 |
| 1948 | 5,392 | #133 |
| 1947 | 6,409 | #109 |
| 1946 | 6,040 | #101 |
| 1945 | 5,128 | #100 |
| 1944 | 5,597 | #93 |
| 1943 | 6,192 | #89 |
| 1942 | 6,113 | #90 |
| 1941 | 5,644 | #86 |
| 1940 | 5,612 | #80 |
| 1939 | 5,561 | #78 |
| 1938 | 5,797 | #75 |
| 1937 | 5,764 | #71 |
| 1936 | 5,635 | #73 |
| 1935 | 5,525 | #69 |
| 1934 | 5,497 | #70 |
| 1933 | 5,322 | #70 |
| 1932 | 5,554 | #71 |
| 1931 | 5,740 | #68 |
| 1930 | 6,101 | #67 |
| 1929 | 5,910 | #73 |
| 1928 | 6,100 | #74 |
| 1927 | 6,370 | #73 |
| 1926 | 6,495 | #70 |
| 1925 | 6,242 | #78 |
| 1924 | 6,566 | #74 |
| 1923 | 6,355 | #73 |
| 1922 | 6,292 | #74 |
| 1921 | 6,540 | #74 |
| 1920 | 6,345 | #73 |
| 1919 | 6,148 | #70 |
| 1918 | 6,235 | #73 |
| 1917 | 6,032 | #70 |
| 1916 | 5,783 | #69 |
| 1915 | 5,816 | #64 |
| 1914 | 4,472 | #64 |
| 1913 | 3,643 | #62 |
| 1912 | 3,115 | #66 |
| 1911 | 1,824 | #80 |
| 1910 | 1,595 | #85 |
| 1909 | 1,362 | #83 |
| 1908 | 1,390 | #79 |
| 1907 | 1,380 | #76 |
| 1906 | 1,201 | #81 |
| 1905 | 1,289 | #78 |
| 1904 | 1,234 | #77 |
| 1903 | 1,211 | #74 |
| 1902 | 1,295 | #70 |
| 1901 | 1,147 | #72 |
| 1900 | 1,660 | #67 |
| 1899 | 1,192 | #65 |
| 1898 | 1,459 | #62 |
| 1897 | 1,315 | #64 |
| 1896 | 1,408 | #60 |
| 1895 | 1,498 | #55 |
| 1894 | 1,485 | #53 |
| 1893 | 1,502 | #51 |
| 1892 | 1,641 | #47 |
| 1891 | 1,375 | #49 |
| 1890 | 1,520 | #43 |
| 1889 | 1,568 | #39 |
| 1888 | 1,680 | #37 |
| 1887 | 1,465 | #34 |
| 1886 | 1,608 | #30 |
| 1885 | 1,570 | #28 |
| 1884 | 1,648 | #26 |
| 1883 | 1,512 | #25 |
| 1882 | 1,650 | #22 |
| 1881 | 1,427 | #22 |
| 1880 | 1,578 | #21 |