Freeda

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1902 · 24 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,072
since 1891

Freeda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Freeda has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #688, 1902girls
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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#15,2935
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020#8,95311
2019#13,7996
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014#14,5586
2013#13,1507
2012—
2011#11,1819
2010#12,2768
2009#12,4298
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004#14,1796
2003#12,4087
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997#12,0706
1996—
1995#13,3865
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980#9,0956
1979#9,0106
1978—
1977#7,5677
1976#9,2845
1975#7,1737
1974#6,2588
1973—
1972#7,2926
1971#7,3886
1970—
1969#7,4715
1968#7,0165
1967#6,8045
1966#5,8096
1965#6,5395
1964#6,0096
1963#4,27210
1962#4,5339
1961#5,3097
1960#4,4379
1959#3,61912
1958#3,92510
1957#2,72718
1956#2,45321
1955#2,83916
1954#2,29522
1953#2,51618
1952#1,89228
1951#2,18221
1950#2,18520
1949#1,80728
1948#1,77828
1947#1,66133
1946#1,61730
1945#1,48230
1944#1,25540
1943#1,36736
1942#1,12649
1941#95859
1940#1,13241
1939#1,17938
1938#1,15939
1937#1,01848
1936#1,00347
1935#90458
1934#90557
1933#87859
1932#95355
1931#77775
1930#77582
1929#78979
1928#84573
1927#78386
1926#73996
1925#77391
1924#74499
1923#74696
1922#74296
1921#82380
1920#77488
1919#73990
1918#86269
1917#83467
1916#78974
1915#83960
1914#84349
1913#76747
1912#74745
1911#98220
1910#91422
1909#84523
1908#72928
1907#73926
1906#81820
1905#73424
1904#75522
1903#86216
1902#68824
1901#77118
1900#94116
1899#72819
1898#1,2638
1897#93112
1896#81316
1895#93212
1894#85013
1893#1,1757
1892#90811
1891#1,3325
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Freeda! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Freeda is popular in 1921

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedIAIndiana: #342 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,945 girlsINOhio: #511 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,489 girlsOHPennsylvania: #598 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,750 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #451 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,379 girlsMOKentucky: #525 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,314 girlsKYWest Virginia: #293 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,260 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedKSArkansas: #389 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,992 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #468 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,385 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Freeda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#293 · 1 in 2,260
  2. Indiana#342 · 1 in 3,945
  3. Arkansas#389 · 1 in 2,992
  4. Missouri#451 · 1 in 5,379
  5. Oklahoma#468 · 1 in 4,385

Best ever in a state: #182 in West Virginia, 1914.

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West Virginia#29391 in 2,260
Indiana#34271 in 3,945
Arkansas#38971 in 2,992
Missouri#45161 in 5,379
Oklahoma#46861 in 4,385
Ohio#51161 in 9,489
Kentucky#52551 in 6,314
Pennsylvania#59861 in 16,750
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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.

See more about Freeda
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 351 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #14,942)
  • 5,989 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 535 spots in 1899 (#1,263 → #728)
  • Biggest drop: 332 spots in 1898 (#931 → #1,263)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1902 at #688 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 56 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1899–1935
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,003
  • Highest: 1 in 11,003 girls born in 1902 were named Freeda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.8% of all girls named Freeda (884) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s103#728 (1899)#992
1900s217#688 (1902)#788
1910s543#739 (1919)#832
1920s884#739 (1926)#776
1930s558#775 (1930)#955
1940s374#958 (1941)#1,418
1950s186#1,892 (1952)#2,663
1960s67#4,272 (1963)#5,820
1970s45#6,258 (1974)#7,710
1980s6#9,095 (1980)#9,095
1990s11#12,070 (1997)#12,728
2000s21#12,408 (2003)#13,005
2010s36#11,181 (2011)#12,993
2020s21#8,953 (2020)#13,063

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.

Freeda in 1921

girls
#823
80 births · 1 in 15,413 girls

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #823Freeda80
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 15,413 of them was named Freeda, which outranked 86.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Freeda
  1. #813Madalyn81
  2. #813Roselyn81
  3. #813Sammie81
  4. #823Freeda80
  5. #823Alverta80
  6. #823Eda80
  7. #823Edward80
  8. #828Alline79
  9. #828Arlie79
  10. #828Augustine79

Tied with 4 names at #823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

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

See the top 100 for 1921 →