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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #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.

Where Frieda is popular in 1921

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedNHWashington: #196 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,317 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedIDMontana: #159 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 829 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #111 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 430 girlsNDMinnesota: #306 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,975 girlsMNIllinois: #171 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 1,002 girlsILWisconsin: #157 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 963 girlsWIMichigan: #183 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,311 girlsMINew York: #155 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 901 girlsNYMassachusetts: #227 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,465 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedRIOregon: #140 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 685 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #137 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 620 girlsSDIowa: #253 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,076 girlsIAIndiana: #165 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 986 girlsINOhio: #189 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,423 girlsOHPennsylvania: #264 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 3,046 girlsPANew Jersey: #218 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,271 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #310 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,540 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedUTColorado: #182 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 934 girlsCONebraska: #143 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 684 girlsNEMissouri: #179 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,041 girlsMOKentucky: #367 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,508 girlsKYWest Virginia: #263 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,849 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedVAMaryland: #192 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,377 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedNMKansas: #173 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 924 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #295 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,879 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedHITexas: #363 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,103 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Frieda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#111 · 1 in 430
  2. South Dakota#137 · 1 in 620
  3. Oregon#140 · 1 in 685
  4. Nebraska#143 · 1 in 684
  5. New York#155 · 1 in 901

Best ever in a state: #48 in North Dakota, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#111171 in 430
South Dakota#137111 in 620
Oregon#14091 in 685
Nebraska#143191 in 684
New York#1551121 in 901
Wisconsin#157271 in 963
Montana#15961 in 829
Indiana#165281 in 986
Illinois#171611 in 1,002
Kansas#173191 in 924
Missouri#179311 in 1,041
Colorado#182101 in 934
Michigan#183301 in 1,311
Ohio#189401 in 1,423
Maryland#192111 in 1,377
Washington#19681 in 1,317
New Jersey#218141 in 2,271
Massachusetts#227151 in 2,465
Iowa#253111 in 2,076
West Virginia#263111 in 1,849
Pennsylvania#264331 in 3,046
Oklahoma#295141 in 1,879
Minnesota#30681 in 2,975
California#310121 in 2,540
Texas#363281 in 2,103
Kentucky#36791 in 3,508
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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 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 1921

girls
#260
639 births · 1 in 1,930 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. #260Frieda639
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 1,930 of them was named Frieda, which outranked 95.6% 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 Frieda
  1. #257Lizzie665
  2. #258Francis661
  3. #258Nadine661
  4. #260Frieda639
  5. #261Estella638
  6. #262Annabelle631
  7. #263Arline627
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 →