boy's name

Friedrich

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 801

Friedrich is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 29 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 114,325 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Friedrich over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Friedrich by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 15
1920s 5
1930s 22
1940s 5
1950s 45
1960s 111
1970s 19
1980s 44
1990s 46
2000s 59
2010s 150
2020s (to 2025) 131

How popular is Friedrich?

In 2025, Friedrich was given to 29 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Friedrich is used

England & Wales #2,617 8 in 2022
France #2,661 5 in 1988
Canada #3,206 5 in 2022
United States #3,788 29 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Friedrich

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Friedrich also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Friedrich over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Friedrich

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Friedrich — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Friedrich

How popular is the name Friedrich?

In 2025, Friedrich was given to 29 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Friedrich a girl's or a boy's name?

Friedrich is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Friedrich?

Friedrich has 2 syllables.

When was Friedrich most popular?

Friedrich peaked in 2025, when 29 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Friedrich a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Friedrich currently ranks #3,788 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.