Meaning and history
English form of an Old German name meaning “peaceful ruler,” from fridu “peace” and rih “ruler, king.” It has long been common in continental Germanic-speaking regions and was borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and Prussia, including Frederick I Barbarossa, Frederick II, and Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great. The Normans introduced the name to England in the 11th century, but it soon fell out of use; it was later revived in the 18th century by the German House of Hanover after inheriting the British throne. A notable bearer was Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.
20062006: 556 births, rank #475
2007: 484 births, rank #530
2008: 521 births, rank #521
2009: 491 births, rank #538
2010: 527 births, rank #493
20112011: 472 births, rank #540
2012: 488 births, rank #535
2013: 556 births, rank #492
2014: 567 births, rank #496
2015: 558 births, rank #515
20162016: 583 births, rank #512
2017: 581 births, rank #499
2018: 575 births, rank #499
2019: 615 births, rank #476
2020: 613 births, rank #484
20212021: 629 births, rank #476
2022: 648 births, rank #478
2023: 596 births, rank #506
2024: 747 births, rank #422
20252025: 728 births, rank #435
Frederick moved from #422 to #435 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1951, with 4,984 births.