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Baby name
Frederick
Boy
Origin of the name
Frederick comes from the Germanic frid, “peace,” and ric, “ruler”: “peaceful ruler.” Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, bore it.
Classic name
266,060births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 78rank at its peak, in 1951
Where babies named Frederick are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Frederick is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Frederick is most common in Vermont (2.4 times), Massachusetts (2.4) and Rhode Island (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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