Recorded 1939–2020 Girls' name Peak 2014 74 births

Frayda — girls' name

74 babies named Frayda in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s61940s171950s51990s62010s332020s7
2010s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Frayda was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

9 babies were named Frayda in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Frayda

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Frayda between 1939 and 2020, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Frayda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Frayda performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Frayda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Frayda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Frayda 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 74 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.

Frayda at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

74

Since 1939

82 years of records

Peak year

2014

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1939

Recorded for 82 years

Last year on file: 2020

Frayda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1939

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2014)
9
Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
45678910 202020192016201520142012199219531944194319411939 6

Frayda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
33 births that decade — 45% of Frayda's all-time total
1930s61940s171950s51990s62010s332020s7

Frayda by state

Where Frayda concentrates geographically — total births since 1939

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Frayda
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
6 8.1%
New York share of Frayda's total US births 8.1%

6 of 74 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Frayda?
74 babies have been named Frayda since 1939. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2014 with 9 births.
When was Frayda most popular?
Frayda was most popular in the 2010s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Frayda most popular?
The top states for the name Frayda are New York (6 births).
How long has the name Frayda been used?
Frayda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1939, spanning 82 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Frayda?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Frances, Frankie, Francine, Francesca, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1939–2020 (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.