Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Frederic

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

299

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

85.3%

2024

All-time

14,398

Frederic has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 299 boys were named Frederic.

In 2024, only 44 boys were given the name.

Down 85.3% from its peak.

All told, about 14,398 Americans have been named Frederic and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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