Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Fred

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Fred
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.5% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

6,532

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

98.5%

2024

All-time

343,576

Fred once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 6,532 boys were named Fred.

In 2024, only 99 boys were given the name.

Down 98.5% from its peak.

All told, about 343,576 Americans have been named Fred and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.5% from peak

19246,532 boys named Fred

202499 boys named Fred

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