Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Freddie

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Peaceful ruler
German
Peaceful ruler; variant of Frederick

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Freddie

Pronunciation

f-reddie, fr(ed)-die

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1947 (rank #153, 1,724 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1509, 116 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1942 (rank #444, 271 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7491, 14 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202511614
20248015
20237610
20227612
2021658
20208812
2019102–
2018898
201777–
2016846

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #17, 3,287 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10, 2,526 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #3318, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20252,5263
20242,3697
20232,4815
20222,760–
20212,8734
20202,7975
20192,9076
20182,838–
20173,1275
20163,287–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1990 (rank #1622, 7 births); most recent 2010 (rank #4708, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1970 (rank #1892, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #63, 113 births); most recent 2025 (rank #54, 101 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025101
2024105
202398
202298
2021113
202093
201991
201872
201758
201662

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #12, 201 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025201
2024144
2023172
2022156
2021192
2020170
2019157
2018145
2017126
2016101

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #15, 97 births); most recent 2025 (rank #21, 70 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
202570
202482
202355
202281
202197
202068
201977
201872
201764
201658

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1952 (rank #193, 7 births); most recent 2021 (rank #635, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
20215
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence