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Federico

#2,043 in 2025Boys' name

Peaceful ruler

Federico has been given to 8,976 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #2,043 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1976, with 148 recorded.

Babies named Federico, 2025

1 in 45,400

Federico over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Federico: meaning, origin, and history

Peaceful ruler

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Federico means

Federico means “peaceful ruler”, associated with Friþurīk.

Origin, language, and formation

Federico is used in Italian and Spanish.

Federico comes through Medieval Latin Friderīcus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Frederick and Friderīcus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Federico is pronounced /fe.deˈri.ko/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,971 boys were recorded with the name Federico between 1889 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 148 in 1976; its best national rank was #680 in 1976.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,148 in 2020 to #2,043 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,198 in 2015 to #2,043 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Federico between 1940 and 1940. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1940; its best national rank was #4,568 in 1940.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Federico?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 45,400
73 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 23,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,043
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,479 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Federico sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,479 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Federico. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Federicos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Federico was born before 1981 — so the typical Federico is around 44 today.

Median birth year
1981
About 44 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
13.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
24.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,289
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 13.3% of all recorded uses (1,191).

Is Federico rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−262
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+105
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+155
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.18×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
49.3%
Peak was 1976 (148)
Years since peak
49
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#680
1976

Spellings of Federico

Federico is not the most common spelling — Frederick is, with 91.4% against Federico's 3.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Federico is used

Across 1910–2025, Federico was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 4,000 boys, against 1 in 12,590 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

025 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 4,000
  2. 2California1 in 8,333
  3. 3New Mexico1 in 9,091
  4. 4Florida1 in 12,500
  5. 5Arizona1 in 16,667
  6. 6New York1 in 33,333
  7. 7Illinois1 in 50,000
  8. 8Nevada1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Federico has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Federico around the world

Where Federico ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,276
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2013–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2011–2022
    #779
    in 2022
  • France
    1934–2025
    #2,928
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1959–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Federico

People whose public names include Federico, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Federico in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Federico. Linked forms have their own page here.

FredKikoFredrikFredericFrederikFrederickFriedrichFedeFreerkFedericFrigyesFrederigFridolinFryderykFrédéricFrédérikFrederikoFriederich

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Federico by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,043
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 105
Best rank ever
#680
1976
Peak year
1976
148 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,971
Count in 2025
73

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,568
1940
Peak year
1940
5 that year
First recorded
1940
Last recorded
1940
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Federico

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DomenicoAmericoEnricoDominicoRicoFransicoNicoFredericoFederickFedorJericoFredricoMonicoLudovicoDelricoMauricoFedrickChicoJerricoRonricoMaricoDericoDamicoDerrico

Names with a curve like Federico

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Federico, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JacquesFidelGenaroGregorioEloyIsidroArnulfoLeopoldoDelvinReyesRaymundoFermin

Sibling names for Federico

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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