How Many People Are Named Freddy Adu?

There are approximately 1 people named Freddy Adu living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Freddy with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Adu. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Freddy

Last Name

Adu

Freddy: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Freddy. The peak year was 1947 with 441 births. The average person named Freddy today is 45 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Freddy

In the 2020 Census, the first name Freddy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (73.16%). The next largest recorded groups were White (16.55%) and Black (7.29%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Freddy in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Freddy rose or fell over time.

White

16.55%

Black

7.29%

Hispanic

73.16%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1.76%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.46%

Two or More Races

0.77%

Ancestry of the Adu Surname

The surname Adu was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Black in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Adu in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

2.93%

Black

92.01%

Hispanic

1.90%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.88%

Two or More Races

2.27%

How we calculated this

The first name "Freddy" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Adu" appears at a rate of 0.46 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Freddy are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Freddy

Freddy Smith Freddy Johnson Freddy Williams Freddy Jones Freddy Brown Freddy Garcia Freddy Jackson Freddy Jean

Other people with the surname Adu

Michael Adu James Adu Robert Adu John Adu David Adu William Adu

Freddy Adu: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Freddy Adu?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Freddy Adu are alive in the United States today. The first name Freddy is shared by 21,217 Americans, and the surname Adu is shared by 1,565.

How rare is the name Freddy Adu?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Freddy is uncommon and the surname Adu is rare.

Is Freddy a male or female name?

Freddy is predominantly male, with 99.4% of bearers being male and 0.6% female. It peaked in popularity in 1947 and the average bearer today is 45 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Freddy?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Freddy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (73.16%). The next largest recorded groups were White (16.55%) and Black (7.29%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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