Fredrico
One meaning of the masculine given name Fredrico is "peaceful ruler".
Name Census estimates that about 180 living Americans carry the first name Fredrico. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Fredrico today is around 42 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Fredrico births was 1979 (17 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Fredrico. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
180
~ 1 in 1,904,191 Americans
Peak year
1979
17 babies that year
Average age
42
years old
2007 SSA rank
#12,972
Tracked since 1929
Census
Fredrico in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 396 people with the first name Fredrico, which placed it at #24,370 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#24,370
National first-name rank
People counted
396
396 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
64.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Fredrico
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Fredrico is Hispanic at 64.9%. The next largest groups are Black (25.0%) and White (5.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Fredrico described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Fredrico at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino64.9% · 257
- Black or African American25.0% · 99
- White5.3% · 21
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.5% · 10
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.3% · 9
Popularity
Fredrico: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Fredrico from the 1920s through to the 2000s, spanning 7 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 66 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1970s peak, Fredrico remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Fredrico by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Fredrico during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Fredrico
The name Fredrico is derived from the Germanic name Frederic, which is composed of the elements "frid" meaning peace and "ric" meaning ruler or power. It is likely that the name originated in the 6th century among the Franks, a Germanic tribe that inhabited modern-day France and parts of Germany.
The name Frederic or Frederick became popular throughout Western Europe during the Middle Ages, particularly after the reign of Frederick I Barbarossa, the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190. Barbarossa was a powerful and influential ruler, and his name likely contributed to the widespread use of the name Frederick and its variants.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Fredrico can be found in the chronicles of the Italian city-state of Florence, where a nobleman named Fredrico di Montefeltro lived in the 13th century. Another notable figure was Fredrico Gonzaga, an Italian condottiero (military leader) who lived in the 15th century and served under various Italian rulers.
In the 16th century, the name Fredrico gained prominence in Spain, where it was sometimes spelled as Frederico. One of the most famous bearers of this name was Fredrico García Lorca, the renowned Spanish poet and playwright who was born in 1898 and tragically executed during the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
Other notable individuals named Fredrico include Fredrico Fellini, the celebrated Italian film director who was born in 1920 and won multiple Academy Awards for his iconic films such as "La Dolce Vita" and "Amarcord". Fredrico Barocci, an Italian Renaissance painter active in the late 16th century, was also a significant figure in the art world of his time.
In the realm of music, Fredrico Chopin, the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist born in 1810, left an indelible mark on the Romantic era with his masterful compositions for the piano. Another notable bearer of this name was Fredrico García Lorca, the Spanish poet and playwright mentioned earlier, who was a central figure of the Generation of '27 literary movement in Spain.
While the name Fredrico has its roots in Germanic languages, it has been adopted and adapted by various cultures throughout history, each adding their own unique twist and significance to this name that originally signified peace and power.
People
Fredrico + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Fredrico as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with F
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Fredrico: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Fredrico?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 180 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Fredrico going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,904,191 US residents.
Is Fredrico a common name?
We classify Fredrico as "Very Rare". It ranks above 72.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 196 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Fredrico most popular?
The single biggest year for Fredrico was 1979, when 17 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Fredrico is about 42 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Fredrico in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 396 people with the name Fredrico, or 0.13 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #24,370 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Fredrico in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Fredrico?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Fredrico appears almost entirely male. Of the 392 people counted with this name, 99.7% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Fredrico?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Fredrico is Hispanic at 64.9%. The next largest groups are Black (25.0%) and White (5.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Fredrico most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Fredrico in the 2020 Census, accounting for 64.9% (257 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Fredrico in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Fredrico a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Fredrico in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Fredrico still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Fredrico in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Fredrico can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Fredrico?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.