Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Fred

#102 most common boys' name of all time · #213 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#102
Rank overall
#213 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
345,684
Since 2016
952
Peak year
1924 #32
Best rank
#14 1885
Girls Boys peak 6,566/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Fred is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 80 80 #1,932
2024 99 99 #1,685
2023 98 98 #1,711
2022 83 83 #1,892
2021 98 98 #1,678
2020 83 83 #1,798
2019 98 98 #1,653
2018 99 99 #1,638
2017 105 105 #1,554
2016 109 109 #1,532
2015 101 101 #1,588
2014 111 111 #1,465
2013 102 102 #1,546
2012 106 106 #1,514
2011 105 105 #1,516
2010 107 107 #1,517
2009 121 121 #1,403
2008 133 133 #1,303
2007 143 143 #1,229
2006 175 175 #1,038
2005 148 148 #1,112
2004 161 161 #1,017
2003 152 152 #1,037
2002 187 187 #875
2001 182 182 #875
2000 157 157 #965
1999 200 200 #781
1998 217 217 #743
1997 221 221 #715
1996 257 257 #650
1995 245 245 #672
1994 256 256 #651
1993 314 314 #580
1992 316 316 #573
1991 368 368 #521
1990 385 385 #498
1989 6 416 422 #462
1988 392 392 #457
1987 380 380 #455
1986 443 443 #408
1985 463 463 #385
1984 14 449 463 #385
1983 546 546 #338
1982 6 554 560 #340
1981 8 582 590 #329
1980 7 585 592 #324
1979 5 612 617 #315
1978 5 694 699 #278
1977 9 747 756 #265
1976 5 799 804 #248
1975 5 840 845 #247
1974 6 890 896 #232
1973 13 1,020 1,033 #215
1972 6 1,039 1,045 #215
1971 13 1,281 1,294 #194
1970 7 1,503 1,510 #183
1969 16 1,575 1,591 #176
1968 12 1,570 1,582 #172
1967 18 1,687 1,705 #160
1966 8 1,881 1,889 #151
1965 6 2,146 2,152 #141
1964 8 2,464 2,472 #133
1963 15 2,525 2,540 #134
1962 14 2,854 2,868 #126
1961 12 3,091 3,103 #124
1960 14 3,396 3,410 #117
1959 10 3,582 3,592 #112
1958 17 3,513 3,530 #115
1957 20 3,637 3,657 #103
1956 10 3,578 3,588 #102
1955 15 3,502 3,517 #97
1954 10 3,695 3,705 #93
1953 12 3,789 3,801 #92
1952 19 3,960 3,979 #90
1951 12 3,994 4,006 #87
1950 14 4,195 4,209 #84
1949 14 4,731 4,745 #72
1948 16 5,376 5,392 #66
1947 17 6,392 6,409 #56
1946 28 6,012 6,040 #51
1945 10 5,118 5,128 #51
1944 17 5,580 5,597 #47
1943 24 6,168 6,192 #45
1942 25 6,088 6,113 #46
1941 25 5,619 5,644 #43
1940 31 5,581 5,612 #40
1939 23 5,538 5,561 #40
1938 29 5,768 5,797 #38
1937 26 5,738 5,764 #35
1936 33 5,602 5,635 #36
1935 32 5,493 5,525 #34
1934 31 5,466 5,497 #33
1933 35 5,287 5,322 #34
1932 29 5,525 5,554 #33
1931 42 5,698 5,740 #33
1930 52 6,049 6,101 #32
1929 54 5,856 5,910 #34
1928 64 6,036 6,100 #36
1927 57 6,313 6,370 #35
1926 48 6,447 6,495 #31
1925 37 6,205 6,242 #33
1924 34 6,532 6,566 #32
1923 41 6,314 6,355 #33
1922 47 6,245 6,292 #33
1921 44 6,496 6,540 #33
1920 47 6,298 6,345 #33
1919 57 6,091 6,148 #30
1918 53 6,182 6,235 #33
1917 46 5,986 6,032 #29
1916 38 5,745 5,783 #29
1915 38 5,778 5,816 #26
1914 31 4,441 4,472 #28
1913 19 3,624 3,643 #27
1912 12 3,103 3,115 #26
1911 16 1,808 1,824 #22
1910 8 1,587 1,595 #22
1909 7 1,355 1,362 #22
1908 9 1,381 1,390 #20
1907 9 1,371 1,380 #19
1906 8 1,193 1,201 #20
1905 5 1,284 1,289 #18
1904 11 1,223 1,234 #18
1903 7 1,204 1,211 #18
1902 9 1,286 1,295 #18
1901 14 1,133 1,147 #18
1900 14 1,646 1,660 #17
1899 10 1,182 1,192 #16
1898 12 1,447 1,459 #15
1897 14 1,301 1,315 #16
1896 15 1,393 1,408 #16
1895 15 1,483 1,498 #15
1894 10 1,475 1,485 #15
1893 9 1,493 1,502 #15
1892 13 1,628 1,641 #15
1891 13 1,362 1,375 #15
1890 14 1,506 1,520 #15
1889 14 1,554 1,568 #15
1888 15 1,665 1,680 #15
1887 11 1,454 1,465 #15
1886 9 1,599 1,608 #15
1885 8 1,562 1,570 #14
1884 10 1,638 1,648 #15
1883 10 1,502 1,512 #15
1882 9 1,641 1,650 #15
1881 9 1,418 1,427 #15
1880 9 1,569 1,578 #15