Fredrik comes from the Finnish / Germanic / Norwegian / Swedish tradition, meaning Calm Monarch.
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How popular is Fredrik?
2020peak year
Today, Fredrik is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5364), with only about 18 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2020, 28 babies were given the name (ranked #3751 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Fredrik's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 508 babies have been registered as Fredrik since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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