Fred Name Popularity

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How popular is Fred?

Ranking 1,650th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Fred is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Fred has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 14, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1885.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1924 with 6,533 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Fred was 97 in 2018.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Fred occurred roughly during the years 1897-1900, 1906-1915, and 1944-1947, whereas 1947-1950, 1958-1974, 1976-1979, 1991-1994, 1996-2000, and 2006-2010 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Fred be?

The popularity trend for Fred has steadily decreased for a while. however, the number of children named Fred lately has remained about the same.

The name Fred is quite distinctive and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Fred has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Fred (Girl)		Fred (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	97	1,650
2017		< 5	--	104	1,568
2016		< 5	--	108	1,537
2015		< 5	--	101	1,585
2014		< 5	--	111	1,465
2013		< 5	--	101	1,557
2012		< 5	--	104	1,531
2011		< 5	--	105	1,517
2010		< 5	--	106	1,526
2009		< 5	--	121	1,404
2008		< 5	--	133	1,307
2007		< 5	--	143	1,232
2006		< 5	--	174	1,045
2005		< 5	--	147	1,119
2004		< 5	--	161	1,019
2003		< 5	--	151	1,038
2002		< 5	--	186	881
2001		< 5	--	182	874
2000		< 5	--	157	964
1999		< 5	--	200	781
1998		< 5	--	217	743
1997		< 5	--	221	716
1996		< 5	--	255	654
1995		< 5	--	244	674
1994		< 5	--	255	651
1993		< 5	--	313	581
1992		< 5	--	316	573
1991		< 5	--	368	521
1990		< 5	--	384	498
1989		6	11,291	416	462
1988		< 5	--	392	457
1987		< 5	--	380	455
1986		< 5	--	442	408
1985		< 5	--	463	385
1984		14	5,029	449	385
1983		< 5	--	547	338
1982		6	9,588	553	340
1981		8	7,620	582	329
1980		7	8,425	585	325
1979		5	10,694	612	315
1978		5	10,260	694	279
1977		9	6,506	748	265
1976		5	9,756	799	248
1975		5	9,526	840	248
1974		6	8,007	891	232
1973		13	4,438	1,022	215
1972		6	7,572	1,040	214
1971		13	4,375	1,282	194
1970		7	6,555	1,503	183
1969		16	3,512	1,576	176
1968		12	4,073	1,571	172
1967		18	2,999	1,690	160
1966		8	5,005	1,877	151
1965		6	6,029	2,149	141
1964		8	5,155	2,464	133
1963		15	3,384	2,528	134
1962		14	3,484	2,859	125
1961		12	3,845	3,084	124
1960		14	3,410	3,397	117
1959		10	4,117	3,580	112
1958		17	2,898	3,509	115
1957		20	2,591	3,638	103
1956		10	4,001	3,578	102
1955		15	3,017	3,501	97
1954		10	3,806	3,695	93
1953		12	3,337	3,790	92
1952		19	2,436	3,962	90
1951		12	3,165	3,995	87
1950		14	2,816	4,196	84
1949		14	2,776	4,728	72
1948		16	2,529	5,381	66
1947		17	2,484	6,388	56
1946		28	1,688	6,013	51
1945		10	2,982	5,114	51
1944		17	2,130	5,577	47
1943		24	1,760	6,169	45
1942		25	1,680	6,087	46
1941		25	1,578	5,619	43
1940		31	1,360	5,585	40
1939		23	1,605	5,535	40
1938		29	1,391	5,766	38
1937		26	1,468	5,740	35
1936		33	1,251	5,602	36
1935		32	1,282	5,492	34
1934		30	1,327	5,464	33
1933		36	1,185	5,286	34
1932		29	1,398	5,522	33
1931		42	1,096	5,699	33
1930		52	1,023	6,047	32
1929		54	985	5,859	34
1928		64	929	6,034	36
1927		57	1,011	6,312	35
1926		48	1,085	6,446	31
1925		36	1,328	6,206	33
1924		35	1,391	6,533	32
1923		41	1,219	6,315	33
1922		47	1,119	6,245	33
1921		44	1,155	6,494	33
1920		47	1,092	6,298	33
1919		57	936	6,092	30
1918		53	992	6,182	33
1917		46	1,046	5,986	29
1916		38	1,151	5,745	29
1915		38	1,103	5,778	26
1914		31	1,086	4,441	28
1913		19	1,327	3,624	27
1912		12	1,649	3,103	26
1911		16	1,134	1,808	22
1910		8	1,832	1,587	22
1909		7	1,849	1,355	22
1908		9	1,472	1,381	20
1907		9	1,438	1,371	19
1906		8	1,473	1,193	20
1905		5	2,052	1,284	18
1904		11	1,123	1,223	18
1903		7	1,492	1,204	18
1902		9	1,251	1,286	18
1901		14	895	1,133	18
1900		14	1,026	1,646	17
1899		10	1,053	1,182	16
1898		12	1,025	1,447	15
1897		14	876	1,301	16
1896		15	851	1,393	16
1895		15	829	1,483	15
1894		10	1,022	1,475	15
1893		9	1,041	1,493	15
1892		13	840	1,628	15
1891		13	765	1,362	15
1890		14	738	1,506	15
1889		14	698	1,554	15
1888		15	672	1,665	15
1887		11	711	1,454	15
1886		9	795	1,599	15
1885		8	813	1,562	14
1884		10	700	1,638	15
1883		10	628	1,502	15
1882		9	648	1,641	15
1881		9	597	1,418	15
1880		9	602	1,569	15

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.