# Fred (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fred/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /fɹɛd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 345,684 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 343,655 / 2,029 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,647, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 7 | 6,560 |
| 1971 | 13 | 4,379 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7,576 |
| 1973 | 13 | 4,440 |
| 1974 | 6 | 8,011 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,531 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,759 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6,507 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,259 |
| 1979 | 5 | 10,700 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,429 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7,627 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,593 |
| 1984 | 14 | 5,030 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,296 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 105 | 1,517 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,517 |
| 2013 | 102 | 1,551 |
| 2014 | 111 | 1,468 |
| 2015 | 101 | 1,591 |
| 2016 | 109 | 1,535 |
| 2017 | 105 | 1,558 |
| 2018 | 99 | 1,642 |
| 2019 | 98 | 1,654 |
| 2020 | 83 | 1,802 |
| 2021 | 98 | 1,679 |
| 2022 | 83 | 1,895 |
| 2023 | 98 | 1,712 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,690 |
| 2025 | 80 | 1,936 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 576 |
| 2012 | 56 | 625 |
| 2013 | 62 | 570 |
| 2014 | 60 | 592 |
| 2015 | 63 | 586 |
| 2016 | 49 | 698 |
| 2017 | 69 | 563 |
| 2018 | 65 | 572 |
| 2019 | 54 | 650 |
| 2020 | 62 | 579 |
| 2021 | 67 | 569 |
| 2022 | 64 | 585 |
| 2023 | 66 | 567 |
| 2024 | 67 | 567 |
| 2025 | 65 | 593 |

## People named Fred

- Fred Rogers, American television personality (1928–2003)
- Fred Hoyle, British astronomer (1915–2001)
- Fred Zinnemann, Austrian film director (1907-1997)
- Fred Ramsdell, American immunologist
- Fred Thompson, American politician and actor (1942–2015)
- Fred Durst, American singer, rapper, actor and director (born 1970)
- Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (1933-2020)
- Fred MacMurray, American actor (1908–1991)
- Fred Ward, American actor (1942–2022)
- Fred Perry, English tennis player
- Fred Allen, American comedian (1894–1956)
- Fred Tatasciore, American voice actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.