Frederick

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Frederick: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Frederick: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #55, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
123times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#55highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Frederick's record

England and Wales registered 1,017 births with the name in 2021, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 21 years. Names by sustained share

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#120
1997	#115
1998	#118
1999	#119
2000	#114
2001	#110
2002	#106
2003	#104
2004	#104
2005	#98
2006	#99
2007	#100
2008	#102
2009	#96
2010	#95
2011	#96
2012	#87
2013	#82
2014	#81
2015	#76
2016	#76
2017	#72
2018	#65
2019	#65
2020	#63
2021	#61
2022	#65
2023	#63
2024	#55

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 8 of the 74 years from 1952 to 2025.

In 2025: #78 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #329 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #68 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #55 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #78 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Frederick appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 60 ranked years and 709 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Frederick across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Frederick's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#68 (1952)	#66 (1953)	#78 (2025)	8 of 74	676 (1952–2025)	105 (1953)
New Zealand · Boys	#97 (1954)	#93 (2022)	#93 (2022)	2 of 69	99 (1954–2022)	50 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#105 (1964)	#105 (1964)	#329 (2025)	60 of 62	709 (1964–2025)	30 (1966)
England and Wales · Boys	#120 (1996)	#55 (2024)	#55 (2024)	29 of 29	19,866 (1996–2024)	1,017 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#171 (2018)	#339 (2024)	23 of 27	131 (1998–2024)	14 (2018)

Frederick by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Frederick in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	151	6 of 10	25
1970s	168	10 of 10	17
1980s	74	10 of 10	7
1990s	45	9 of 10	5
2000s	57	9 of 10	6
2010s	137	10 of 10	14
2020s	77	6 of 10	13

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Frederick appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #55 in England and Wales in 2024.

Frederick's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#55	964	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#63	866	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#65	886	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#61	1,017	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#63	952	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#65	983	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#65	1,010	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#72	879	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#76	874	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#76	875	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#81	815	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#82	766	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#87	733	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#96	669	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#95	688	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#96	635	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#102	606	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#100	627	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#99	619	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#98	606	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#104	537	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#104	497	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#106	452	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#110	402	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#114	388	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#119	394	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#118	390	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#115	374	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#120	362	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	63	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	65	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New Zealand	male	#93	50	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#97	49	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#177	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#176	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#171	14	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#229	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	16	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	17	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	20	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	17	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	12	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	17	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	15	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	16	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	21	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	21	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	23	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	24	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	29	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	26	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	20	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	30	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	20	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	26	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#218	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #55, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 26 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,017 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 72 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Frederic · #625, 29y
Frederica · #1666, 23y
Frederico · #1609, 24y
Frederik · #192, 55y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Karina · #55, 71y
Maryam · #57, 66y
Sonia · #50, 64y
Bronwyn · #49, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Pawel · #54, 65y
Terrence · #54, 43y
Gerald · #57, 63y
Hugh · #53, 64y

Frederick was ranked #55 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Frederick and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Frederick without appearing here.

Frederick moved ahead of

Gregory Compare
In 2015 they stood at #508 and #508 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #245 and #713.
Kenneth Compare
In 2011 they stood at #407 and #387 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #279 and #718.
Ciaran Compare
In 2022 they stood at #349 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #268 and #584.
Brendan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #270 and #213 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #176 and #433.

Moved ahead of Frederick

Logan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #390 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #384 and #158.
Tadhg Compare
In 2015 they stood at #342 and #415 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #421 and #232.
Jayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #235 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #255 and #101.
Shea Compare
In 2001 they stood at #273 and #297 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #393 and #249.

Moved the opposite way to Frederick

Isaac Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Frederick went from #105 to #329 while Isaac went from #232 to #104.
Leo Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Frederick went from #105 to #329 while Leo went from #101 to #10.
Oliver Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Frederick went from #105 to #329 while Oliver went from #68 to #18.
Harry Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Frederick went from #117 to #329 while Harry went from #250 to #25.

Moved the same way as Frederick

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Frederick went from #105 to #329 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Frederick went from #105 to #329 and Alan from #29 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Frederick went from #105 to #329 and Andrew from #34 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Frederick went from #105 to #329 and Anthony from #12 to #135.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #55 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Frederick

Frederick at a glance

What stands out in Frederick's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Frederick across 5 official records

Frederick by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Frederick appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Frederick

Frederick and the names beside it

Frederick moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Frederick

Moved the opposite way to Frederick

Moved the same way as Frederick

Frederick at a glance

What stands out in Frederick's record

Frederick across 5 official records

Frederick by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Frederick appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Frederick

Frederick and the names beside it

Frederick moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Frederick

Moved the opposite way to Frederick

Moved the same way as Frederick