Fedora — girls' name
250 babies named Fedora in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Fedora was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Fedora in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fedora
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Fedora between 1894 and 2020, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fedora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fedora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Fedora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fedora in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 250 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fedora at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fedora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1894
- Peak year (1916)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 127 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
250 total births across 127 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 17 births in a single year.
Fedora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 68 births that decade — 27% of Fedora's all-time total
Fedora decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Fedora's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1894–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.