Freddie

What Freddie means

Diminutive of Frederick, meaning “peace king, peaceful ruler”

diminutive of the male given name Frederick || From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, from *friþuz (“peace”) +‎ *rīks (“king, ruler”), literally “peace king

Source: Wiktionary, “Freddie” (revision 93143418) and “Frederick” (revision 94585634), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Freddie?

US: Rising: up from #1790 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #17 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1938, when 1,309 boys got the name (#132 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 14,725 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 108 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 98 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.31 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.14 per 1,000 boys), MI (0.12 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Freddie is #1509 in the US and #10 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 89.2% of US babies named Freddie were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Freddie

Boys

• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Paul#262“small”^*
• John#23possibly “God is gracious”^*
• Timothy#203“to honour + god”^*
• Peter#187“stone, rock”^*
• Jesse#184Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1981, with 10,443 babies; 2,002 in 2025

For a sister

• Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Rachel#250“ewe”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”^*
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Freddie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.