# Frederic (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/frederic/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,440 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,440 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 785, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,925 |
| 2012 | 34 | 3,254 |
| 2013 | 27 | 3,787 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,726 |
| 2015 | 39 | 2,988 |
| 2016 | 41 | 2,903 |
| 2017 | 48 | 2,609 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,263 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,118 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3,294 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,933 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,361 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,076 |
| 2024 | 44 | 2,885 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,953 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 31 | 968 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## People named Frederic

- Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French scientist (1900-1958)
- Frédéric Passy, French economist and statesman (1822-1912)
- Frédéric Bastiat, French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly 
- Frédéric Beigbeder, French writer and literary critic (born 1965)
- André Frédéric Cournand, French physiologist (1895–1988)
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)
- Frederic Leighton, English painter and sculptor (1830–1896)
- Frederic Edwin Church, American landscape painter (1826–1900)
- John Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist
- Frederic Forrest, American actor (1936–2023)
- Frederick the Fair, Austrian duke
- Frédéric Bulot, Gabonese and French association football player

## 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.