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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Freda has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
First appearance
1880
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.
Where Freda is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- West Virginia#280 · 1 in 1,741
- Mississippi#371 · 1 in 2,167
- Tennessee#379 · 1 in 2,831
- North Carolina#382 · 1 in 2,823
- Virginia#383 · 1 in 2,960
Best ever in a state: #43 in West Virginia, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #280 | 7 | 1 in 1,741 |
| Mississippi | #371 | 8 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Tennessee | #379 | 10 | 1 in 2,831 |
| North Carolina | #382 | 13 | 1 in 2,823 |
| Virginia | #383 | 10 | 1 in 2,960 |
| Alabama | #395 | 9 | 1 in 2,683 |
| Kentucky | #409 | 7 | 1 in 3,393 |
| Georgia | #434 | 11 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Florida | #522 | 11 | 1 in 4,044 |
| Indiana | #654 | 5 | 1 in 7,408 |
| Illinois | #707 | 11 | 1 in 6,781 |
| Texas | #925 | 10 | 1 in 9,637 |
| Pennsylvania | #944 | 5 | 1 in 14,422 |
| Ohio | #991 | 5 | 1 in 14,890 |
| New York | #1,044 | 9 | 1 in 12,316 |
| California | #1,447 | 7 | 1 in 19,582 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #161 (279 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 72 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 96 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 839
- Highest: 1 in 839 girls born in 1897 were named Freda (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 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 1972
girls
#800
169 births · 1 in 9,001 girls
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 9,001 of them was named Freda, which outranked 91.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).