Fred

maleStatistical record

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

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

Fred: Recorded every year since 1945, its highest recorded position is #39, and it stood at #460 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
120times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#39highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Fred's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#620
1997	#845
1998	#600
1999	#544
2000	#491
2001	#495
2002	#546
2003	#519
2004	#495
2005	#487
2006	#504
2007	#482
2008	#477
2009	#552
2010	#495
2011	#576
2012	#625
2013	#570
2014	#592
2015	#586
2016	#698
2017	#563
2018	#572
2019	#650
2020	#579
2021	#569
2022	#585
2023	#567
2024	#567

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 Norway in 71 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #460 among boys in Norway, #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #39 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: #39 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #460 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Fred appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 71 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 1,900 births with the name.

Fred across 3 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.

Fred'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	#39 (1945)	#39 (1945)	#460 (2025)	71 of 81	1,900 (1945–2025)	225 (1945)
England and Wales · Boys	#620 (1996)	#477 (2008)	#567 (2024)	29 of 29	1,582 (1996–2024)	74 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#423 (2003)	#334 (2006)	#676 (2025)	19 of 23	101 (2003–2025)	9 (2020)

Fred 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 Fred in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	377	5 of 10	75
1950s	382	10 of 10	38
1960s	635	10 of 10	64
1970s	248	10 of 10	25
1980s	106	10 of 10	11
1990s	60	9 of 10	7
2000s	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	50	8 of 10	6
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 75 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1945 and 1946, when recorded births fell by 171, from 225 to 54.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Fred 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 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Norway in 1945.

Fred'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	#567	67	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#567	66	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#585	64	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#569	67	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#579	62	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#650	54	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#572	65	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#563	69	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#698	49	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#586	63	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#592	60	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#570	62	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#625	56	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#576	61	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#495	71	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#552	61	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#477	74	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#482	68	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#504	60	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#487	57	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#495	53	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#519	45	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#546	38	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#495	41	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#491	40	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#600	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#845	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#620	26	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#460	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#446	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#428	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#471	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#426	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#420	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#475	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#428	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#434	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#467	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#494	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#525	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#518	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#500	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#352	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#468	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#360	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#585	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#479	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#453	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#542	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#571	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#496	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#470	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#431	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#387	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#500	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#464	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#268	19	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#328	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#345	12	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#382	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#357	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#360	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#375	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#246	20	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#295	15	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#218	27	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#198	31	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#177	39	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#164	42	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#170	39	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#106	78	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#96	81	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#114	65	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#120	58	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#88	94	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#103	71	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#124	50	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#137	44	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#116	55	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#146	39	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#139	40	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#129	46	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#129	41	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#145	36	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#140	38	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#141	33	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#123	43	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#126	41	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#127	38	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#168	26	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#159	29	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#154	31	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#131	38	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#110	54	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#39	225	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #39, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 225 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 69 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.

Fraya · #758, 25y
Frazer · #240, 29y
Freda · #218, 50y
Freddie · #10, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Johanna · #44, 81y
Kristina · #33, 76y
Viktor · #46, 81y
Edel · #31, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Agnes · #39, 81y
Kay · #39, 74y
Thor · #39, 81y
Ane · #40, 73y

Fred was ranked #39 in Norway · Boys in 1945. 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.

Fred 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 Fred without appearing here.

Fred moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #600 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #544 and #1082.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #600 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #544 and #973.
Derek Compare
In 1998 they stood at #600 and #544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #544 and #906.
Shane Compare
In 2019 they stood at #650 and #642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #579 and #921.

Moved ahead of Fred

Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #620 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #845 and #476.
Finley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #620 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #845 and #484.
Jude Compare
In 1996 they stood at #620 and #654 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #845 and #505.
Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #334 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #241.

Moved the opposite way to Fred

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fred went from #39 to #460 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fred went from #39 to #460 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fred went from #39 to #460 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fred went from #39 to #460 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Fred

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fred went from #39 to #460 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fred went from #39 to #460 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fred went from #39 to #460 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Fred went from #39 to #460 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

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 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fred

Fred at a glance

What stands out in Fred's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fred across 3 official records

Fred by decade in Norway · Boys

Fred appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Fred and the names beside it

Fred moved ahead of

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Fred at a glance

What stands out in Fred's record

Fred across 3 official records

Fred by decade in Norway · Boys

Fred appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Fred and the names beside it

Fred moved ahead of

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