Meaning and history
Freddy is a diminutive of Frederick and other names containing the same element. A notable fictional bearer is Freddy Krueger, the horror villain from the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series, which began in 1984.
20062006: 361 births, rank #643
2007: 333 births, rank #700
2008: 327 births, rank #712
2009: 289 births, rank #784
2010: 268 births, rank #805
20112011: 223 births, rank #906
2012: 227 births, rank #909
2013: 192 births, rank #1,014
2014: 201 births, rank #1,014
2015: 207 births, rank #993
20162016: 155 births, rank #1,216
2017: 164 births, rank #1,153
2018: 171 births, rank #1,128
2019: 141 births, rank #1,303
2020: 145 births, rank #1,262
20212021: 132 births, rank #1,383
2022: 142 births, rank #1,322
2023: 157 births, rank #1,242
2024: 144 births, rank #1,332
20252025: 127 births, rank #1,421
Freddy moved from #914 to #993 for boys between 2012 and 2015. Its highest annual birth count came in 1947, with 436 births.