Boys' name · peaked in 1940
Freddy name popularity since 1925
26,652 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Freddy (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1973 or earlier, so the typical Freddy is about 53 years old in 2026. Freddy peaked in 1940 as the #324 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 26,652
- Named Freddy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,422 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 162 girls · 26,490 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 2.98× its national share
Peak year is the year Freddy 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.
Freddy births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Freddy peaked in 1940.
- Fastest rise: Between 1933 and 1938, Freddy became 1.8× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby boys fell by 37%, from 1 in 6,240 to 1 in 9,850.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Freddy's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Freddy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Freddy 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 | 22 | 381 | – |
| 1930s | 29 | 1,779 | #400 |
| 1940s | 45 | 3,578 | #324 |
| 1950s | 10 | 4,027 | #349 |
| 1960s | 12 | 2,778 | #477 |
| 1970s | 0 | 2,054 | #580 |
| 1980s | 24 | 2,585 | #547 |
| 1990s | 20 | 3,261 | #556 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3,251 | #651 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,949 | #993 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 847 | #1,422 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
27.6% of babies named Freddy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Freddy is most popular
The index compares Freddy'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 Freddy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 2.98× | 687 |
| New Mexico | 2.54× | 315 |
| Texas | 2.27× | 3,995 |
| California | 2.17× | 5,146 |
| Oklahoma | 1.76× | 514 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Freddy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Freddy (this page) | 26,490 | 1940 |
| Freddie | 67,374 | 1938 |
| 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 Freddy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Freddy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Freddy (1940).
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