# Fredrik (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fredrik/  
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 | 525 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 525 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 378, 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 | 6 | 11,291 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,734 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,063 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,414 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,453 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,778 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,802 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,649 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,646 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,753 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,826 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,095 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,941 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,738 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,461 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Fredrik

- Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician (1837-1922)
- Fredrik Pacius, German composer resided in Finland (1809-1891)
- Fredrik Jensen, Finnish association football player
- Fredrik Idestam, Finnish mining engineer, founder of Nokia (1838–1916)
- Fredrik Rosencrantz, equestrian (1879-1957)
- Fredrik Oldrup Jensen, football player
- Fredrik Bjerrehuus, Danish amateur wrestler
- Karl Fredrik Wilkama, Finnish general and Chief of Defence (1876-1947)
- Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish writer, poet and literary critic (1807–1881)
- Fredrik Ahlstedt, Finnish painter (1839-1901)
- Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen, Chairman of NATO
- Fredrik Marinus Kruseman, Dutch painter, 1817-1860 (1816–1882)

## 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.