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Boy

Freddy

As a boy's name, Freddy is understood to mean "peaceful ruler". It is not as common as it was in the 1950s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

EtymologyDiminutive of Frederick
EtymologyMeaning "peaceful ruler"
Births by decade
1900s
6
1910s
132
1920s
575
1930s
1,808
1940s
3,625
1950s
4,032
1960s
2,789
1970s
2,056
1980s
2,608
1990s
3,277
2000s
3,251
2010s
1,631
Peaked in the 1950s · 25,790 total U.S. births since 1900