Meaning and history
Freddie is a diminutive of Frederick or Freda. A notable bearer was the musician Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), born Farrokh Bulsara, who was the lead vocalist of the British rock band Queen.
20062006: 140 births, rank #1,194
2007: 116 births, rank #1,405
2008: 141 births, rank #1,233
2009: 133 births, rank #1,309
2010: 105 births, rank #1,536
20112011: 98 births, rank #1,577
2012: 110 births, rank #1,466
2013: 117 births, rank #1,420
2014: 82 births, rank #1,812
2015: 84 births, rank #1,790
20162016: 85 births, rank #1,788
2017: 77 births, rank #1,883
2018: 89 births, rank #1,733
2019: 102 births, rank #1,614
2020: 88 births, rank #1,743
20212021: 65 births, rank #2,173
2022: 77 births, rank #1,981
2023: 76 births, rank #1,999
2024: 80 births, rank #1,957
20252025: 116 births, rank #1,509
Freddie held steady at #977 for boys between 2002 and 2003. Its highest annual birth count came in 1947, with 1,724 births.