Mostly boys · peaked in 1938
Freddie name popularity since 1925
75,326 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Freddie (10.6% girls, 89.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Freddie is about 75 years old in 2026. Freddie peaked in 1938 as the #132 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 75,326
- Named Freddie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,510 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 89.4% boys
- 7,952 girls · 67,374 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 4.85× its national share
Peak year is the year Freddie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Freddie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Freddie peaked in 1938.
Decade by decade
Babies named Freddie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,098 | 3,634 | – |
| 1930s | 2,190 | 10,456 | #145 |
| 1940s | 2,381 | 15,377 | #145 |
| 1950s | 1,407 | 14,405 | #186 |
| 1960s | 433 | 9,016 | #255 |
| 1970s | 164 | 5,428 | #325 |
| 1980s | 112 | 3,842 | #453 |
| 1990s | 67 | 2,311 | #757 |
| 2000s | 15 | 1,454 | #1,158 |
| 2010s | 14 | 949 | #1,795 |
| 2020–25 | 71 | 502 | #1,510 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.3% of babies named Freddie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Freddie is most popular
The index compares Freddie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Freddie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 4.85× | 4,168 |
| Arkansas | 4.78× | 3,480 |
| Louisiana | 3.49× | 4,439 |
| South Carolina | 3.48× | 3,452 |
| Georgia | 3.13× | 6,135 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Freddie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Freddie (this page) | 67,374 | 1938 |
| Freddy | 26,490 | 1940 |
| Fredy | 4,794 | 2005 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Freddie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Freddie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Freddie (1938).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data