# Frederik (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/frederik/  
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 | 632 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 632 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 404, 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 | 9 | 8,291 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,384 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,037 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,094 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,129 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,364 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,769 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,165 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,645 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,074 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,839 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,701 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,317 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,125 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,787 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,132 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## People named Frederik

- Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783-1872)
- Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013)
- Frederik Rønnow, Danish association football player
- Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (1921–1995)
- Frederik Sørensen, Danish footballer
- Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (1638-1731)
- Frederik van Eeden, Dutch writer and psychiatrist (1860-1932)
- Frederik Magle, Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist
- Frederik Andersen, Danish ice hockey goaltender
- Frederik Nielsen, Danish tennis player (born 1983)
- Frederik Stang, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (1802–1884)
- Frederik Ndoci, Albanian singer

## 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.