Frieda

#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births

Peak · girls
1896 · 339 births
Debut · girls
26 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
25,506
since 1880

Frieda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Frieda has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #141, 1896girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,97536
2024#3,96337
2023#4,11435
2022#3,65342
2021#4,01436
2020#4,26332
2019#3,55243
2018#4,07635
2017#4,06636
2016#3,37947
2015#5,28825
2014#4,00337
2013#4,54331
2012#4,38733
2011#5,20726
2010#4,49432
2009#4,48233
2008#5,27927
2007#7,09218
2006#7,14217
2005#4,95826
2004#4,17233
2003#5,41922
2002#4,90624
2001#4,56426
2000#7,15814
1999#5,03921
1998#4,95521
1997#4,37024
1996#4,18425
1995#4,09925
1994#4,52122
1993#5,20618
1992#5,71816
1991#5,39917
1990#3,81327
1989#4,67019
1988#3,22530
1987#3,52425
1986#4,53917
1985#3,00830
1984#2,99229
1983#4,10918
1982#3,26026
1981#2,84731
1980#3,00229
1979#2,72432
1978#3,77719
1977#3,00226
1976#3,09523
1975#2,41133
1974#2,25435
1973#1,73251
1972#2,27633
1971#2,54229
1970#2,30733
1969#1,80946
1968#1,53955
1967#1,52454
1966#1,40361
1965#1,39462
1964#1,24678
1963#1,24178
1962#1,20384
1961#1,10898
1960#1,070101
1959#1,023107
1958#870137
1957#881134
1956#782159
1955#842133
1954#789141
1953#747150
1952#757138
1951#719148
1950#633181
1949#598189
1948#603192
1947#648165
1946#606171
1945#593151
1944#558170
1943#572175
1942#574165
1941#530174
1940#477200
1939#474197
1938#460213
1937#452209
1936#415241
1935#460193
1934#397267
1933#419233
1932#396270
1931#423234
1930#383318
1929#360337
1928#350372
1927#331417
1926#329405
1925#323428
1924#283541
1923#278538
1922#274566
1921#260639
1920#253674
1919#228746
1918#222804
1917#220766
1916#208838
1915#208792
1914#204639
1913#206506
1912#211445
1911#212335
1910#201319
1909#189315
1908#180317
1907#195267
1906#195244
1905#181275
1904#175280
1903#167294
1902#169282
1901#154323
1900#179300
1899#150307
1898#151335
1897#162278
1896#141339
1895#149299
1894#143299
1893#154256
1892#150265
1891#160207
1890#173195
1889#179162
1888#179154
1887#180123
1886#20791
1885#19990
1884#20585
1883#23657
1882#24450
1881#31725
1880#30926
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Frieda was already there! It came in at #309, and was given to 26 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1998–2000, when fewer than 22 girls a year got the name.

See more about Frieda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#3,963#3,975)
  • 288 spots since 2020 (#4,263#3,975)
  • 1,313 spots since 2015 (#5,288#3,975)
  • Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1882 (#317#244)
  • Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1959 (#870#1,023)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1896 at #141 (339 births)
  • Births halved by 1942, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 702
  • Highest: 1 in 702 girls born in 1896 were named Frieda (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 24.3% of all girls named Frieda (6,190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s863#179 (1889)#226
1890s2,780#141 (1896)#153
1900s2,897#154 (1901)#178
1910s6,190#201 (1910)#212
1920s4,917#253 (1920)#304
1930s2,375#383 (1930)#428
1940s1,752#477 (1940)#576
1950s1,428#633 (1950)#804
1960s717#1,070 (1960)#1,354
1970s314#1,732 (1973)#2,612
1980s254#2,847 (1981)#3,518
1990s216#3,813 (1990)#4,730
2000s240#4,172 (2004)#5,517
2010s345#3,379 (2016)#4,300
2020s218#3,653 (2022)#3,997

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.

Frieda in 1905

girls
#181
275 births · 1 in 1,060 girls

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #181Frieda275
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 1,060 of them was named Frieda, which outranked 91.9% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frieda
  1. #178Luella287
  2. #179Ina283
  3. #180Winifred276
  4. #181Frieda275
  5. #181Estella275
  6. #183Fern273
  7. #184Audrey272
  8. #185Celia270

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. 1,052Orma#1,877#825
  2. 951Doretha#1,877#926
  3. 909Doshie#1,877#968
  4. 862Sydney#1,659#797
  5. 834Dulcie#1,659#825
Fallers
  1. 1,126Luberta#805#1,931
  2. 966Diane#965#1,931
  3. 966Pearly#965#1,931
  4. 843Melinda#853#1,696
  5. 765Izora#773#1,538

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1905