Fredericka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Fredericka

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,957 babies named Fredericka between 1881 and 2004, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fredericka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fredericka performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 321 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Fredericka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Fredericka in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fredericka 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 1,957 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.