Freda
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1942 at #3,212
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1897 · 279 births
- Debut · girls
- 34 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 42,527since 1880
Freda over time
Rank among girls' names. Freda has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,172 | 48 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,922 | 54 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,566 | 75 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,362 | 91 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,299 | 98 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,394 | 88 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,150 | 111 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,118 | 114 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,104 | 109 | — | |
| 1975 | #951 | 132 | — | |
| 1974 | #964 | 128 | — | |
| 1973 | #815 | 161 | — | |
| 1972 | #800 | 169 | — | |
| 1971 | #809 | 172 | — | |
| 1970 | #906 | 145 | — | |
| 1969 | #903 | 137 | — | |
| 1968 | #831 | 150 | — | |
| 1967 | #779 | 161 | — | |
| 1966 | #705 | 193 | — | |
| 1965 | #588 | 263 | — | |
| 1964 | #600 | 276 | — | |
| 1963 | #544 | 317 | — | |
| 1962 | #528 | 342 | — | |
| 1961 | #465 | 444 | — | |
| 1960 | #462 | 449 | — | |
| 1959 | #450 | 458 | — | |
| 1958 | #443 | 461 | — | |
| 1957 | #420 | 493 | — | |
| 1956 | #391 | 527 | — | |
| 1955 | #391 | 507 | — | |
| 1954 | #397 | 476 | — | |
| 1953 | #372 | 521 | — | |
| 1952 | #402 | 430 | — | |
| 1951 | #379 | 466 | — | |
| 1950 | #387 | 437 | — | |
| 1949 | #388 | 413 | — | |
| 1948 | #362 | 469 | — | |
| 1947 | #360 | 501 | — | |
| 1946 | #349 | 471 | — | |
| 1945 | #330 | 438 | — | |
| 1944 | #313 | 467 | — | |
| 1943 | #296 | 552 | — | |
| 1942 | #307 | 503 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #292 | 491 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #284 | 487 | — | |
| 1939 | #266 | 538 | — | |
| 1938 | #270 | 544 | — | |
| 1937 | #272 | 528 | — | |
| 1936 | #273 | 495 | — | |
| 1935 | #251 | 623 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #243 | 651 | — | |
| 1933 | #251 | 588 | — | |
| 1932 | #255 | 603 | — | |
| 1931 | #237 | 640 | — | |
| 1930 | #253 | 610 | — | |
| 1929 | #227 | 696 | — | |
| 1928 | #229 | 748 | — | |
| 1927 | #222 | 819 | — | |
| 1926 | #221 | 830 | — | |
| 1925 | #216 | 889 | — | |
| 1924 | #213 | 914 | — | |
| 1923 | #219 | 868 | — | |
| 1922 | #210 | 924 | — | |
| 1921 | #208 | 970 | — | |
| 1920 | #201 | 974 | — | |
| 1919 | #206 | 900 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #192 | 1,025 | — | |
| 1917 | #188 | 1,010 | — | |
| 1916 | #188 | 948 | — | |
| 1915 | #176 | 944 | — | |
| 1914 | #194 | 689 | — | |
| 1913 | #185 | 613 | — | |
| 1912 | #173 | 566 | — | |
| 1911 | #176 | 413 | — | |
| 1910 | #193 | 345 | — | |
| 1909 | #186 | 321 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #171 | 349 | — | |
| 1907 | #182 | 306 | — | |
| 1906 | #177 | 287 | — | |
| 1905 | #170 | 310 | — | |
| 1904 | #187 | 256 | — | |
| 1903 | #174 | 280 | — | |
| 1902 | #185 | 247 | — | |
| 1901 | #173 | 255 | — | |
| 1900 | #170 | 321 | — | |
| 1899 | #167 | 266 | — | |
| 1898 | #172 | 273 | — | |
| 1897 | #161 | 279 | — | |
| 1896 | #175 | 246 | — | |
| 1895 | #167 | 250 | — | |
| 1894 | #176 | 227 | — | |
| 1893 | #167 | 231 | — | |
| 1892 | #165 | 229 | — | |
| 1891 | #185 | 161 | — | |
| 1890 | #215 | 127 | — | |
| 1889 | #219 | 112 | — | |
| 1888 | #237 | 95 | — | |
| 1887 | #237 | 80 | — | |
| 1886 | #255 | 66 | — | |
| 1885 | #246 | 67 | — | |
| 1884 | #247 | 61 | — | |
| 1883 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1882 | #269 | 42 | — | |
| 1881 | #275 | 34 | — | |
| 1880 | #265 | 34 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Freda was already there! It came in at #265, and was given to 34 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Freda
- 584 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #6,546)
- 221 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #6,546)
- 2,385 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1971 (#906 → #809)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1976 (#951 → #1,104)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #161 (279 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 72 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1975
- Highest: 1 in 839 girls born in 1897 were named Freda (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.3% of all girls named Freda (8,632) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 624 | #219 (1889) | #256 |
| 1890s | 2,289 | #161 (1897) | #175 |
| 1900s | 2,932 | #170 (1900) | #178 |
| 1910s | 7,453 | #173 (1912) | #187 |
| 1920s | 8,632 | #201 (1920) | #217 |
| 1930s | 5,820 | #237 (1931) | #257 |
| 1940s | 4,792 | #284 (1940) | #328 |
| 1950s | 4,776 | #372 (1953) | #403 |
| 1960s | 2,732 | #462 (1960) | #641 |
| 1970s | 1,329 | #800 (1972) | #1,001 |
| 1980s | 545 | #1,299 (1980) | #2,263 |
| 1990s | 209 | #3,623 (1990) | #4,981 |
| 2000s | 167 | #4,536 (2003) | #7,419 |
| 2010s | 131 | #6,414 (2019) | #7,971 |
| 2020s | 96 | #5,962 (2024) | #7,054 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Freda in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 1,256 of them was named Freda, which outranked 96.3% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 196,024 of them was named Freda, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 642 names at #4,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.