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Freddie

Pronunciation
[Fre-ddie]
Gender
Male
Meaning
Variant Of Frederick Peaceful Ruler.)
Origin
German

Freddie Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 73,194 baby boys have been named Freddie. The name peaked in 1947 with 1,724 US births that year (rank #153). In 2024, ranked #1956 nationally — 1,803 places below its 1947 peak.

Top States for Freddie

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Freddie births are: Texas (7,360), Georgia (5,884), Louisiana (4,600).

Other German-Origin Names Like Freddie

If you like Freddie's German origin, consider these related names: Abelard, Abelard,Allard,Alard, Adal, Adalard, Adalbert. Browse all German names →

7-Letter Names Starting with F

Names with Freddie's exact length and starting letter: Fabiana, Fachnan, Fadilah, Fainche, Fairfax.

Quick Facts About Freddie

1,055
German baby names in our dictionary
584
German male names
98
7-letter F-names in our dictionary
338
F-male names total
2000–2003
years of US SSA records (4 total)
657
total US births named Freddie (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2003)

↘️ Falling: Freddie dropped 43 places in the US boys ranking over the last 3 years (#934 in 2000 → #977 in 2003).

Annual US births named Freddie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 169 boys named Freddie (boy rank #921 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2003, ranked #977 for boys (164 US births). That's 56 places below its 2001 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Variant Forms

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Freda Peaceful Ruler. Feminine Of Frederick. Female German

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Compare Freddie to Other Popular Names

Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Freddie against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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