Meaning and history
Short form of Frederick and other names containing the same element. Notable bearers include the American actor and dancer Fred Astaire (1899-1987) and the cartoon caveman Fred Flintstone from the television series The Flintstones (1960-1966).
20062006: 175 births, rank #1,038
2007: 143 births, rank #1,229
2008: 133 births, rank #1,303
2009: 121 births, rank #1,403
2010: 107 births, rank #1,517
20112011: 105 births, rank #1,516
2012: 106 births, rank #1,514
2013: 102 births, rank #1,546
2014: 111 births, rank #1,465
2015: 101 births, rank #1,588
20162016: 109 births, rank #1,532
2017: 105 births, rank #1,554
2018: 99 births, rank #1,638
2019: 98 births, rank #1,652
2020: 83 births, rank #1,798
20212021: 98 births, rank #1,678
2022: 83 births, rank #1,892
2023: 98 births, rank #1,711
2024: 99 births, rank #1,685
20252025: 80 births, rank #1,932
Fred held steady at #875 for boys between 2001 and 2002. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 6,532 births.