Frederick

What Frederick means

Means “peace king, peaceful ruler”

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

How popular is Frederick?

US: Rising: up from #515 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #76 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1887, when 464 boys got the name (#37 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,346 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 285 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,091 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 ME (2.08 per 1,000 boys), NH (1.55 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.33 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Frederick is #435 in the US and #52 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Frederick were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Frederic42 US · 21 E&W
• Frederik29 US · 11 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Frederick

Boys

• Leonard#637“lion”^*
• Robin#703Diminutive of Robert, meaning “shining glory”^*
• Harry#775Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1918, with 9,896 babies; 329 in 2025
• Walter#251“ruler + army, host”^*
• Charles#48“free man”^*
• Roger#832“fame-spear”^*

For a sister

• Robin#704Diminutive of Robert, meaning “shining glory”^*
• Billie#691Diminutive of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Anne#619Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1959, with 5,745 babies; 472 in 2025
• Linda#902“tender, soft”^*
• Alicia#460Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 7,820 babies; 672 in 2025
• Heidi#340Editor’s note Up from #343 in 2015 to #340 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Frederick’s. Rank is US 2025.