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Fred Name Popularity

How popular is the name Fred? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 22 1,569 0.4456%
1911 22 1,784 0.4791%
1912 26 3,100 0.6147%
1913 27 3,618 0.6381%
1914 28 4,438 0.6368%
1915 26 5,775 0.6356%
1916 29 5,737 0.5939%
1917 29 5,983 0.598%
1918 33 6,179 0.5757%
1919 30 6,092 0.5818%
1920 33 6,292 0.5659%
1921 33 6,488 0.5666%
1922 33 6,241 0.5602%
1923 33 6,313 0.5636%
1924 32 6,530 0.5623%
1925 33 6,202 0.5487%
1926 31 6,443 0.5858%
1927 35 6,309 0.57%
1928 36 6,031 0.5637%
1929 34 5,852 0.565%
1930 32 6,038 0.578%
1931 33 5,698 0.5773%
1932 33 5,513 0.558%
1933 34 5,281 0.5668%
1934 33 5,459 0.5647%
1935 34 5,489 0.5648%
1936 36 5,602 0.5816%
1937 35 5,735 0.582%
1938 38 5,767 0.5633%
1939 40 5,532 0.5438%
1940 40 5,586 0.5255%
1941 43 5,617 0.4991%
1942 46 6,083 0.4817%
1943 45 6,169 0.4725%
1944 47 5,576 0.4499%
1945 51 5,115 0.4194%
1946 51 6,012 0.4074%
1947 56 6,384 0.3824%
1948 64 5,380 0.337%
1949 72 4,725 0.2937%
1950 83 4,198 0.2607%
1951 87 3,987 0.2352%
1952 90 3,963 0.227%
1953 92 3,779 0.2135%
1954 93 3,694 0.2021%
1955 97 3,501 0.1903%
1956 102 3,573 0.1892%
1957 103 3,639 0.1891%
1958 114 3,512 0.1858%
1959 112 3,576 0.1882%
1960 117 3,398 0.1793%
1961 124 3,080 0.1631%
1962 125 2,854 0.1555%
1963 134 2,520 0.1404%
1964 133 2,454 0.1394%
1965 141 2,141 0.1309%
1966 151 1,866 0.1195%
1967 159 1,681 0.1108%
1968 170 1,562 0.104%
1969 178 1,556 0.101%
1970 184 1,482 0.0931%
1971 194 1,263 0.084%
1972 215 1,011 0.0742%
1973 214 995 0.0767%
1974 232 866 0.0666%
1975 247 809 0.063%
1976 248 758 0.0588%
1977 267 704 0.0522%
1978 281 649 0.0483%
1979 314 576 0.0409%
1980 323 555 0.038%
1981 330 542 0.0369%
1982 339 517 0.0346%
1983 337 508 0.0344%
1984 391 394 0.0265%
1985 394 415 0.0273%
1986 414 386 0.0256%
1987 465 317 0.0208%
1988 471 333 0.0214%
1989 460 374 0.0232%
1990 502 333 0.0201%
1991 537 310 0.019%
1992 582 263 0.0165%
1993 584 264 0.0169%
1994 668 195 0.0127%
1995 661 205 0.0136%
1996 661 204 0.0136%
1997 719 169 0.0114%
1998 746 170 0.0114%
1999 773 156 0.0104%
2000 971 105 0.0069%
2001 879 133 0.0088%
2002 895 133 0.0089%
2003 1,006 107 0.007%
2004 1,096 93 0.0061%
2005 1,140 90 0.0059%
2006 1,065 112 0.0072%
2007 1,227 87 0.0055%
2008 1,235 86 0.0056%
2009 1,344 70 0.0047%
2010 1,534 45 0.0031%
2011 1,414 56 0.0039%
2012 1,483 48 0.0034%
2013 1,492 46 0.0032%
2014 1,498 47 0.0032%
2015 1,478 51 0.0035%
2016 1,403 58 0.004%
2017 1,578 39 0.0028%
2018 1,320 66 0.0048%
2019 1,788 26 0.0019%
2020 2,325 20 0.0016%
2021 1,783 43 0.0035%
2022 1,830 44 0.0033%

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What names sound like Fred?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Fredd

Peaceful ruler

German

Fredi

Peaceful ruler

German

Fredo

Elf or magical counsel

English

Freed

Free; peace

German

Fried

Free; peace

German


What names are similar to Fred?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Free

A free man, one freed from bound servitude to an overlord

English

Frey

Lord, exalted one

Scandinavian


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1 Comment

  1. Love that name. Classic cool old school. Father’s Name.


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