Frieda
#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 339 births
- Debut · girls
- 26 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,506since 1880
Frieda over time
Rank among girls' names. Frieda 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,975 | 36 |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 |
| 2016 | #3,379 | 47 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,732 | 51 |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 |
| 1967 | #1,524 | 54 |
| 1966 | #1,403 | 61 |
| 1965 | #1,394 | 62 |
| 1964 | #1,246 | 78 |
| 1963 | #1,241 | 78 |
| 1962 | #1,203 | 84 |
| 1961 | #1,108 | 98 |
| 1960 | #1,070 | 101 |
| 1959 | #1,023 | 107 |
| 1958 | #870 | 137 |
| 1957 | #881 | 134 |
| 1956 | #782 | 159 |
| 1955 | #842 | 133 |
| 1954 | #789 | 141 |
| 1953 | #747 | 150 |
| 1952 | #757 | 138 |
| 1951 | #719 | 148 |
| 1950 | #633 | 181 |
| 1949 | #598 | 189 |
| 1948 | #603 | 192 |
| 1947 | #648 | 165 |
| 1946 | #606 | 171 |
| 1945 | #593 | 151 |
| 1944 | #558 | 170 |
| 1943 | #572 | 175 |
| 1942 | #574 | 165 |
| 1941 | #530 | 174 |
| 1940 | #477 | 200 |
| 1939 | #474 | 197 |
| 1938 | #460 | 213 |
| 1937 | #452 | 209 |
| 1936 | #415 | 241 |
| 1935 | #460 | 193 |
| 1934 | #397 | 267 |
| 1933 | #419 | 233 |
| 1932 | #396 | 270 |
| 1931 | #423 | 234 |
| 1930 | #383 | 318 |
| 1929 | #360 | 337 |
| 1928 | #350 | 372 |
| 1927 | #331 | 417 |
| 1926 | #329 | 405 |
| 1925 | #323 | 428 |
| 1924 | #283 | 541 |
| 1923 | #278 | 538 |
| 1922 | #274 | 566 |
| 1921 | #260 | 639 |
| 1920 | #253 | 674 |
| 1919 | #228 | 746 |
| 1918 | #222 | 804 |
| 1917 | #220 | 766 |
| 1916 | #208 | 838 |
| 1915 | #208 | 792 |
| 1914 | #204 | 639 |
| 1913 | #206 | 506 |
| 1912 | #211 | 445 |
| 1911 | #212 | 335 |
| 1910 | #201 | 319 |
| 1909 | #189 | 315 |
| 1908 | #180 | 317 |
| 1907 | #195 | 267 |
| 1906 | #195 | 244 |
| 1905 | #181 | 275 |
| 1904 | #175 | 280 |
| 1903 | #167 | 294 |
| 1902 | #169 | 282 |
| 1901 | #154 | 323 |
| 1900 | #179 | 300 |
| 1899 | #150 | 307 |
| 1898 | #151 | 335 |
| 1897 | #162 | 278 |
| 1896 | #141 | 339 |
| 1895 | #149 | 299 |
| 1894 | #143 | 299 |
| 1893 | #154 | 256 |
| 1892 | #150 | 265 |
| 1891 | #160 | 207 |
| 1890 | #173 | 195 |
| 1889 | #179 | 162 |
| 1888 | #179 | 154 |
| 1887 | #180 | 123 |
| 1886 | #207 | 91 |
| 1885 | #199 | 90 |
| 1884 | #205 | 85 |
| 1883 | #236 | 57 |
| 1882 | #244 | 50 |
| 1881 | #317 | 25 |
| 1880 | #309 | 26 |
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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#252 · 1 in 2,442
- New Mexico#258 · 1 in 1,174
- New Jersey#281 · 1 in 3,230
- Tennessee#321 · 1 in 2,817
- Ohio#324 · 1 in 3,764
Best ever in a state: #48 in North Dakota, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #252 | 11 | 1 in 2,442 |
| New Mexico | #258 | 5 | 1 in 1,174 |
| New Jersey | #281 | 8 | 1 in 3,230 |
| Tennessee | #321 | 10 | 1 in 2,817 |
| Ohio | #324 | 14 | 1 in 3,764 |
| Missouri | #337 | 8 | 1 in 3,496 |
| New York | #339 | 24 | 1 in 3,738 |
| Virginia | #363 | 6 | 1 in 4,121 |
| Kentucky | #382 | 7 | 1 in 4,093 |
| Illinois | #385 | 12 | 1 in 4,688 |
| Oklahoma | #444 | 5 | 1 in 4,033 |
| Michigan | #452 | 6 | 1 in 7,288 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 6 | 1 in 6,277 |
| Louisiana | #474 | 5 | 1 in 4,680 |
| Pennsylvania | #507 | 8 | 1 in 9,375 |
| Texas | #533 | 13 | 1 in 4,623 |
| California | #679 | 5 | 1 in 9,985 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #141 (339 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1958
- Highest: 1 in 702 girls born in 1896 were named Frieda (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.3% of all girls named Frieda (6,190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 863 | #179 (1889) | #226 |
| 1890s | 2,780 | #141 (1896) | #153 |
| 1900s | 2,897 | #154 (1901) | #178 |
| 1910s | 6,190 | #201 (1910) | #212 |
| 1920s | 4,917 | #253 (1920) | #304 |
| 1930s | 2,375 | #383 (1930) | #428 |
| 1940s | 1,752 | #477 (1940) | #576 |
| 1950s | 1,428 | #633 (1950) | #804 |
| 1960s | 717 | #1,070 (1960) | #1,354 |
| 1970s | 314 | #1,732 (1973) | #2,612 |
| 1980s | 254 | #2,847 (1981) | #3,518 |
| 1990s | 216 | #3,813 (1990) | #4,730 |
| 2000s | 240 | #4,172 (2004) | #5,517 |
| 2010s | 345 | #3,379 (2016) | #4,300 |
| 2020s | 218 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 5,718 of them was named Frieda, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #474Adeline202
- #474Ginger202
- #476Judi201
- #477Frieda200
- #477Helena200
- #477Louella200
- #477Melanie200
- #484Antonia199
- #485Dottie198
- #486Queen197
Tied with 6 names at #477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.