Fredrik

maleStatistical record

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

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

Fredrik: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #6 in 1989, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
110times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#6highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for
67names it appears alongside

What stands out in Fredrik's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 54 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 67 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2337
1998	#2901
1999	#1505
2001	#2220
2002	#2005
2003	#1248
2004	#1498
2005	#1617
2006	#1224
2007	#1361
2008	#1242
2009	#2318
2010	#1483
2011	#1522
2012	#2270
2013	#2055
2014	#1421
2015	#2483
2016	#2027
2017	#1470
2018	#1284
2019	#1217
2020	#1111
2021	#1218
2022	#1179
2023	#1272
2024	#3254

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #91 among boys in Norway, #3254 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #137 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among boys in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #82 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Fredrik appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 15,139 births with the name.

Fredrik across 2 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.

Fredrik'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
Norway · Boys	#137 (1945)	#6 (1989)	#82 (2025)	81 of 81	15,139 (1945–2025)	564 (1989)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1111 (2020)	#3254 (2024)	28 of 29	365 (1996–2024)	24 (2020)

Fredrik by decade in Norway · 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 Fredrik in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	160	5 of 10	32
1950s	221	10 of 10	22
1960s	340	10 of 10	34
1970s	1,421	10 of 10	142
1980s	3,031	10 of 10	303
1990sbusiest	4,811	10 of 10	481
2000s	3,078	10 of 10	308
2010s	1,577	10 of 10	158
2020s	500	6 of 10	83

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 481 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1988 and 1989, when recorded births rose by 124, from 440 to 564.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Fredrik 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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Norway in 1993.

Fredrik'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1218	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1224	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#82	85	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#91	73	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#74	97	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#88	77	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#67	93	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#80	75	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#64	114	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#61	121	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#56	139	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#54	146	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#48	152	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#52	153	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#56	146	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#36	198	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#27	223	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#42	185	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#26	245	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#26	246	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#23	255	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#23	258	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#20	307	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#17	329	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#12	357	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#18	320	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#15	354	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#12	407	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#13	400	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#12	417	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#7	470	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#7	495	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#8	475	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#7	474	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#6	484	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#7	519	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#7	552	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#8	525	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#6	564	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#11	440	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#17	362	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#20	314	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#23	254	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#25	234	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#27	237	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#36	201	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#37	207	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#34	218	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#34	218	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#39	192	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#48	152	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#49	167	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#51	159	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#62	139	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#62	135	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#77	120	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#109	79	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#129	60	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#130	62	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#136	52	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#162	39	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#144	48	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#204	24	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#168	31	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#227	19	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#182	26	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#209	19	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#201	20	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#189	22	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#230	15	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#191	21	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#189	22	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#202	17	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#151	29	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#167	27	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#177	22	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#168	24	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#181	22	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#145	34	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#156	30	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#172	26	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#149	34	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#137	36	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #6, first reached in 1989.

It held a top-100 place in 54 years, 54 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 564 births, registered in Norway in 1989.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, 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.

Frederik · #192, 55y
Fredrick · #286, 44y
Fredrikke · #261, 41y
Freida · #1962, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Aksel · #6, 81y
Elisabeth · #6, 81y
Helene · #7, 81y
Kristine · #5, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ada · #6, 76y
Aksel · #6, 81y
Berit · #6, 72y
Bjørg · #6, 70y

Comparisons involving Fredrik

Existing comparison pages where Fredrik and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Fredrik in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Fredrik vs Aksel
Fredrik and Aksel were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #82 and #25.
Fredrik · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Arne vs Fredrik
Arne and Fredrik were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #222 and #82.
Arne · Fredrik · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Bjørn vs Fredrik
Bjørn and Fredrik were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #56 and #82.
Bjørn · Fredrik · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Fredrik and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Sander vs Fredrik
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Fredrik in Norway · Boys — #23 and #7 the year before became #3 and #12.
Sander · Fredrik · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking
Morten vs Fredrik
In 1989, Fredrik moved ahead of Morten in Norway · Boys — #10 and #11 the year before became #14 and #6.
Morten · Fredrik · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1989 Norway ranking
Anders vs Fredrik
In 1991, Fredrik moved ahead of Anders in Norway · Boys — #7 and #8 the year before became #8 and #7.
Anders · Fredrik · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1991 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Fredrik measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Fredrik at its highest position.

Fredrik vs Christian
Fredrik and Christian were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #82 and #131.
Fredrik · Christian · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Daniel vs Fredrik
Daniel and Fredrik were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #66 and #82.
Daniel · Fredrik · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Fredrik vs Einar
Fredrik and Einar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #82 and #57.
Fredrik · Einar · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Fredrik was ranked #6 in Norway · Boys in 1989. 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.

Fredrik 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 Fredrik without appearing here.

Fredrik moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #4678.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2027 and #4810.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Maddison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #3651.

Moved ahead of Fredrik

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #1132.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #1460.
Matheo Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1363 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #1517.
Braxton Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #2088.

Moved the opposite way to Fredrik

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fredrik went from #137 to #82 while Anders went from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fredrik went from #137 to #82 while Arild went from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fredrik went from #137 to #82 while Arne went from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fredrik went from #137 to #82 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Fredrik

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fredrik went from #137 to #82 and Aksel from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fredrik went from #137 to #82 and Alfred from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fredrik went from #137 to #82 and Arthur from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fredrik went from #137 to #82 and Daniel from #280 to #66.

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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Norway in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fredrik

Fredrik at a glance

What stands out in Fredrik's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fredrik across 2 official records

Fredrik by decade in Norway · Boys

Fredrik appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Fredrik

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Fredrik

Fredrik and the names beside it

Fredrik moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fredrik

Moved the opposite way to Fredrik

Moved the same way as Fredrik

Fredrik at a glance

What stands out in Fredrik's record

Fredrik across 2 official records

Fredrik by decade in Norway · Boys

Fredrik appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Fredrik

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Fredrik

Fredrik and the names beside it

Fredrik moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fredrik

Moved the opposite way to Fredrik

Moved the same way as Fredrik