Frederick remains a common boys' name (#435 in 2025), down from a peak of #33 in 1880.
Frederick is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #435 for boy births in the United States (and #877 across all names), given to 728 babies. Frederick first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1951 (4,984 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 728 | 728 | — | #435 |
| 2024 | 747 | 747 | — | #422 |
| 2023 | 596 | 596 | — | #507 |
| 2022 | 648 | 648 | — | #478 |
| 2021 | 629 | 629 | — | #476 |
| 2020 | 613 | 613 | — | #484 |
| 2019 | 615 | 615 | — | #476 |
| 2018 | 575 | 575 | — | #499 |
| 2017 | 581 | 581 | — | #500 |
| 2016 | 583 | 583 | — | #512 |
| 2015 | 558 | 558 | — | #515 |
| 2014 | 567 | 567 | — | #496 |
| 2013 | 556 | 556 | — | #492 |
| 2012 | 488 | 488 | — | #535 |
| 2011 | 472 | 472 | — | #541 |
| 2010 | 527 | 527 | — | #493 |
| 2009 | 491 | 500 | — | #538 |
| 2008 | 521 | 521 | — | #521 |
| 2007 | 484 | 484 | — | #531 |
| 2006 | 556 | 556 | — | #476 |
| 2005 | 569 | 576 | — | #450 |
| 2004 | 581 | 581 | — | #447 |
| 2003 | 587 | 592 | — | #432 |
| 2002 | 580 | 591 | — | #429 |
| 2001 | 614 | 619 | — | #408 |
| 2000 | 647 | 652 | — | #395 |
| 1999 | 673 | 680 | — | #384 |
| 1998 | 720 | 730 | — | #362 |
| 1997 | 711 | — | — | #356 |
| 1996 | 809 | — | — | #324 |
| 1995 | 830 | — | — | #316 |
| 1994 | 903 | — | — | #299 |
| 1993 | 953 | — | #14,232 | #292 |
| 1992 | 1,043 | — | #14,001 | #275 |
| 1991 | 1,140 | — | #13,880 | #246 |
| 1990 | 1,081 | — | #13,688 | #252 |
| 1989 | 1,123 | — | #8,256 | #238 |
| 1988 | 1,191 | — | #6,398 | #219 |
| 1987 | 1,184 | — | #5,390 | #213 |
| 1986 | 1,284 | — | #5,033 | #198 |
| 1985 | 1,232 | — | #7,803 | #197 |
| 1984 | 1,238 | — | #4,381 | #197 |
| 1983 | 1,451 | — | #4,956 | #179 |
| 1982 | 1,377 | — | #5,651 | #186 |
| 1981 | 1,484 | — | #5,356 | #170 |
| 1980 | 1,618 | — | #5,635 | #161 |
| 1979 | 1,654 | — | #4,688 | #158 |
| 1978 | 1,550 | — | #4,128 | #158 |
| 1977 | 1,635 | — | #7,084 | #152 |
| 1976 | 1,753 | — | #3,212 | #145 |
| 1975 | 1,803 | — | #3,822 | #141 |
| 1974 | 1,952 | — | #2,940 | #135 |
| 1973 | 2,203 | — | #3,265 | #120 |
| 1972 | 2,466 | — | #2,539 | #116 |
| 1971 | 2,996 | — | #2,990 | #109 |
| 1970 | 2,903 | — | #3,765 | #115 |
| 1969 | 2,794 | — | #2,866 | #116 |
| 1968 | 2,626 | — | #3,366 | #113 |
| 1967 | 2,831 | — | #3,245 | #110 |
| 1966 | 2,896 | — | #3,808 | #109 |
| 1965 | 3,167 | — | #3,612 | #106 |
| 1964 | 3,373 | — | #3,286 | #105 |
| 1963 | 3,141 | — | #3,513 | #117 |
| 1962 | 3,280 | — | #2,560 | #116 |
| 1961 | 3,335 | — | #2,777 | #117 |
| 1960 | 3,499 | — | #2,594 | #114 |
| 1959 | 3,576 | — | #2,250 | #114 |
| 1958 | 3,662 | — | #2,472 | #110 |
| 1957 | 4,027 | — | #2,850 | #99 |
| 1956 | 4,322 | — | #2,966 | #91 |
| 1955 | 4,563 | — | #3,644 | #86 |
| 1954 | 4,761 | — | #2,622 | #83 |
| 1953 | 4,876 | — | #3,545 | #80 |
| 1952 | 4,997 | — | #2,523 | #76 |
| 1951 | 4,996 | — | #3,167 | #78 |
| 1950 | 4,669 | — | #3,506 | #75 |
| 1949 | 4,759 | — | #3,255 | #70 |
| 1948 | 4,528 | — | #3,027 | #75 |
| 1947 | 4,637 | — | — | #78 |
| 1946 | 4,244 | — | #2,782 | #75 |
| 1945 | 3,442 | — | #4,782 | #77 |
| 1944 | 3,593 | — | #3,007 | #73 |
| 1943 | 3,851 | — | #2,917 | #70 |
| 1942 | 3,747 | — | #3,263 | #68 |
| 1941 | 3,298 | — | #2,910 | #69 |
| 1940 | 3,101 | — | #4,590 | #68 |
| 1939 | 2,982 | — | #2,784 | #71 |
| 1938 | 2,947 | — | #2,484 | #71 |
| 1937 | 2,894 | — | #2,031 | #68 |
| 1936 | 2,830 | — | #2,314 | #70 |
| 1935 | 2,582 | — | — | #73 |
| 1934 | 2,439 | — | #3,267 | #77 |
| 1933 | 2,332 | — | #2,596 | #78 |
| 1932 | 2,513 | — | #2,548 | #73 |
| 1931 | 2,484 | — | #2,348 | #73 |
| 1930 | 2,709 | — | #2,236 | #74 |
| 1929 | 2,833 | — | #1,849 | #67 |
| 1928 | 2,902 | — | #1,926 | #67 |
| 1927 | 3,070 | — | #1,839 | #64 |
| 1926 | 3,140 | — | #1,954 | #64 |
| 1925 | 3,104 | — | #2,319 | #65 |
| 1924 | 3,292 | — | #2,717 | #62 |
| 1923 | 3,292 | — | #2,515 | #60 |
| 1922 | 3,359 | — | #4,656 | #60 |
| 1921 | 3,398 | — | #1,887 | #61 |
| 1920 | 3,289 | — | #2,508 | #60 |
| 1919 | 2,938 | — | #4,464 | #64 |
| 1918 | 3,362 | — | #2,887 | #59 |
| 1917 | 3,463 | — | #3,473 | #51 |
| 1916 | 3,340 | — | #2,174 | #52 |
| 1915 | 3,166 | — | #3,567 | #52 |
| 1914 | 2,423 | — | #2,734 | #52 |
| 1913 | 1,996 | — | — | #49 |
| 1912 | 1,564 | — | — | #51 |
| 1911 | 808 | — | #2,294 | #52 |
| 1910 | 548 | — | #2,549 | #69 |
| 1909 | 477 | — | — | #64 |
| 1908 | 443 | — | #2,235 | #68 |
| 1907 | 410 | — | — | #68 |
| 1906 | 377 | — | — | #67 |
| 1905 | 381 | — | — | #67 |
| 1904 | 390 | — | — | #63 |
| 1903 | 341 | — | — | #63 |
| 1902 | 330 | — | — | #70 |
| 1901 | 336 | — | — | #60 |
| 1900 | 420 | — | — | #64 |
| 1899 | 350 | — | — | #55 |
| 1898 | 368 | — | — | #60 |
| 1897 | 369 | — | — | #56 |
| 1896 | 381 | — | — | #57 |
| 1895 | 406 | — | — | #54 |
| 1894 | 413 | — | — | #54 |
| 1893 | 432 | — | — | #47 |
| 1892 | 453 | — | — | #48 |
| 1891 | 412 | — | — | #44 |
| 1890 | 410 | — | — | #43 |
| 1889 | 451 | — | — | #44 |
| 1888 | 496 | — | — | #42 |
| 1887 | 464 | — | — | #37 |
| 1886 | 461 | — | — | #40 |
| 1885 | 466 | — | — | #37 |
| 1884 | 454 | — | — | #42 |
| 1883 | 438 | — | — | #37 |
| 1882 | 457 | — | — | #37 |
| 1881 | 433 | — | — | #36 |
| 1880 | 483 | — | — | #33 |