Sigfred

Boys' name

Swedish equivalent of Sigfrid

Sigfred has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Sigfred, 1917

1 in 401,000

Sigfred over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sigfred: meaning, origin, and history

Swedish equivalent of Sigfrid

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sigfred means

Sigfred is a Swedish equivalent of Sigfrid.

Origin, language, and formation

Sigfred is used in Danish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sigfrid.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 21 boys were recorded with the name Sigfred between 1913 and 1917. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1916; its best national rank was #2,708 in 1916.

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 Sigfred?

Sigfred had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1917, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1917: 1 in 401,000; 5 of 2,006,698 births
Among boys only: 1 in 185,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1917: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 278,189 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sigfred 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 1917 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 278,189 children born in 1917 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sigfred. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sigfreds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sigfred was born before 1916 — so the typical Sigfred is around 109 today.

Median birth year: 1916; About 109 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Sigfred 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1916 (10)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 50.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,708; 1916

Spellings of Sigfred

Sigfred is not the most common spelling — Wilfred is, with 70.6% against Sigfred's 0.05%.

Wilfred70.6%29,417
Winfred24.2%10,104
Sigurd2.1%869
Siegfried1.8%734
Sigifredo1.3%527
Sigfred0.05%21

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.

Sigfred around the world

Where Sigfred 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.

Norway
1880–1972
#571
in 1972

Popularity data from Statistics Norway. SSB data under CC BY 4.0.

Sigfred by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,708; 1916
Peak year: 1916; 10 that year
First recorded: 1913
Last recorded: 1917
All-time count: 21
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sigfred

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

Delfred Godfred Sigvard Sigmunt Sigfrid Melfred Kendred Sacred Siggi Sigmond Renfred Willfred Jhared Sigel Sigfrido Sigle Aelred Gilfred Halfred Uhtred Garred Jahred Wildred Gerred

Sibling names for Sigfred

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

For a sister

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Ona

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis Meyer Gustave

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