Is Fred a boy or girl name?
Fred is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 99 boys were named Fred, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.6% of the 345,605 US babies named Fred were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,686
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Fred since 1880
- 345,605
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 6,566 babies
Boys and girls named Fred, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15,602 | 104 | 0.7% |
| 1890s | 14,270 | 125 | 0.9% |
| 1900s | 13,076 | 93 | 0.7% |
| 1910s | 44,345 | 318 | 0.7% |
| 1920s | 62,743 | 473 | 0.7% |
| 1930s | 56,162 | 332 | 0.6% |
| 1940s | 56,665 | 207 | 0.4% |
| 1950s | 37,446 | 139 | 0.4% |
| 1960s | 23,190 | 123 | 0.5% |
| 1970s | 9,426 | 74 | 0.8% |
| 1980s | 4,810 | 41 | 0.8% |
| 1990s | 2,779 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 1,559 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 1,042 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 461 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99 | #1,686 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 98 | #1,709 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,894 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,678 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,802 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,654 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,642 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,558 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,540 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,591 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 111 | #1,468 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,551 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,517 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,517 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 107 | #1,520 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 121 | #1,404 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,308 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,232 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 175 | #1,039 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,114 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 161 | #1,020 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 152 | #1,037 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 187 | #875 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 182 | #875 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 157 | #965 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 200 | #781 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 217 | #743 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 221 | #716 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 257 | #650 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 245 | #674 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 256 | #651 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 314 | #580 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 316 | #573 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 368 | #521 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 385 | #497 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 416 | #462 | 6 | #11,294 |
| 1988 | 392 | #457 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 380 | #455 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 443 | #408 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 463 | #385 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 449 | #385 | 14 | #5,030 |
| 1983 | 546 | #338 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 554 | #340 | 6 | #9,593 |
| 1981 | 582 | #329 | 8 | #7,627 |
| 1980 | 585 | #324 | 7 | #8,429 |
| 1979 | 612 | #315 | 5 | #10,699 |
| 1978 | 694 | #279 | 5 | #10,259 |
| 1977 | 747 | #265 | 9 | #6,507 |
| 1976 | 799 | #248 | 5 | #9,759 |
| 1975 | 840 | #248 | 5 | #9,531 |
| 1974 | 890 | #232 | 6 | #8,010 |
| 1973 | 1,021 | #215 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1972 | 1,039 | #215 | 6 | #7,575 |
| 1971 | 1,281 | #194 | 13 | #4,379 |
| 1970 | 1,503 | #183 | 7 | #6,559 |
| 1969 | 1,575 | #176 | 16 | #3,511 |
| 1968 | 1,570 | #172 | 12 | #4,072 |
| 1967 | 1,688 | #160 | 18 | #2,998 |
| 1966 | 1,879 | #151 | 8 | #5,008 |
| 1965 | 2,147 | #141 | 6 | #6,031 |
| 1964 | 2,465 | #133 | 8 | #5,154 |
| 1963 | 2,525 | #134 | 15 | #3,383 |
| 1962 | 2,854 | #126 | 14 | #3,485 |
| 1961 | 3,090 | #124 | 12 | #3,846 |
| 1960 | 3,397 | #117 | 14 | #3,411 |
| 1959 | 3,581 | #112 | 10 | #4,118 |
| 1958 | 3,516 | #115 | 17 | #2,899 |
| 1957 | 3,636 | #103 | 20 | #2,593 |
| 1956 | 3,578 | #102 | 10 | #3,998 |
| 1955 | 3,501 | #97 | 15 | #3,016 |
| 1954 | 3,695 | #93 | 10 | #3,807 |
| 1953 | 3,790 | #92 | 12 | #3,335 |
| 1952 | 3,960 | #90 | 19 | #2,436 |
| 1951 | 3,994 | #87 | 12 | #3,166 |
| 1950 | 4,195 | #84 | 14 | #2,816 |
| 1949 | 4,731 | #72 | 14 | #2,775 |
| 1948 | 5,376 | #66 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1947 | 6,392 | #56 | 17 | #2,485 |
| 1946 | 6,012 | #51 | 28 | #1,688 |
| 1945 | 5,118 | #51 | 10 | #2,982 |
| 1944 | 5,580 | #47 | 17 | #2,130 |
| 1943 | 6,168 | #45 | 24 | #1,760 |
| 1942 | 6,088 | #46 | 25 | #1,680 |
| 1941 | 5,618 | #43 | 25 | #1,577 |
| 1940 | 5,582 | #40 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1939 | 5,538 | #40 | 23 | #1,606 |
| 1938 | 5,768 | #38 | 29 | #1,392 |
| 1937 | 5,738 | #35 | 26 | #1,467 |
| 1936 | 5,602 | #36 | 33 | #1,251 |
| 1935 | 5,493 | #34 | 32 | #1,281 |
| 1934 | 5,465 | #33 | 30 | #1,327 |
| 1933 | 5,287 | #34 | 36 | #1,185 |
| 1932 | 5,525 | #33 | 29 | #1,399 |
| 1931 | 5,698 | #33 | 42 | #1,096 |
| 1930 | 6,048 | #32 | 52 | #1,023 |
| 1929 | 5,857 | #34 | 54 | #985 |
| 1928 | 6,036 | #36 | 64 | #929 |
| 1927 | 6,313 | #35 | 57 | #1,011 |
| 1926 | 6,447 | #31 | 48 | #1,084 |
| 1925 | 6,205 | #33 | 37 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 6,532 | #32 | 34 | #1,416 |
| 1923 | 6,314 | #33 | 41 | #1,219 |
| 1922 | 6,245 | #33 | 47 | #1,119 |
| 1921 | 6,496 | #33 | 44 | #1,155 |
| 1920 | 6,298 | #33 | 47 | #1,092 |
| 1919 | 6,091 | #30 | 57 | #936 |
| 1918 | 6,182 | #33 | 53 | #992 |
| 1917 | 5,986 | #29 | 46 | #1,046 |
| 1916 | 5,745 | #29 | 38 | #1,151 |
| 1915 | 5,778 | #26 | 38 | #1,103 |
| 1914 | 4,441 | #28 | 31 | #1,086 |
| 1913 | 3,624 | #27 | 19 | #1,327 |
| 1912 | 3,103 | #26 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 1911 | 1,808 | #22 | 16 | #1,134 |
| 1910 | 1,587 | #22 | 8 | #1,832 |
| 1909 | 1,355 | #22 | 7 | #1,849 |
| 1908 | 1,381 | #20 | 9 | #1,472 |
| 1907 | 1,371 | #19 | 9 | #1,438 |
| 1906 | 1,193 | #20 | 8 | #1,473 |
| 1905 | 1,284 | #18 | 5 | #2,052 |
| 1904 | 1,223 | #18 | 11 | #1,123 |
| 1903 | 1,204 | #18 | 7 | #1,492 |
| 1902 | 1,286 | #18 | 9 | #1,251 |
| 1901 | 1,133 | #18 | 14 | #895 |
| 1900 | 1,646 | #17 | 14 | #1,026 |
| 1899 | 1,182 | #16 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1898 | 1,447 | #15 | 12 | #1,025 |
| 1897 | 1,301 | #16 | 14 | #876 |
| 1896 | 1,393 | #16 | 15 | #851 |
| 1895 | 1,483 | #15 | 15 | #829 |
| 1894 | 1,475 | #15 | 10 | #1,022 |
| 1893 | 1,493 | #15 | 9 | #1,041 |
| 1892 | 1,628 | #15 | 13 | #840 |
| 1891 | 1,362 | #15 | 13 | #765 |
| 1890 | 1,506 | #15 | 14 | #738 |
| 1889 | 1,554 | #15 | 14 | #698 |
| 1888 | 1,665 | #15 | 15 | #672 |
| 1887 | 1,454 | #15 | 11 | #711 |
| 1886 | 1,599 | #15 | 9 | #795 |
| 1885 | 1,562 | #14 | 8 | #813 |
| 1884 | 1,638 | #15 | 10 | #700 |
| 1883 | 1,502 | #15 | 10 | #628 |
| 1882 | 1,641 | #15 | 9 | #648 |
| 1881 | 1,418 | #15 | 9 | #597 |
| 1880 | 1,569 | #15 | 9 | #602 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Fred reached #14 in 1885. As a girl name, it reached #597 in 1881. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Fred
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.