Girls' name · since 1953
Frenda
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Frenda, peaking in 1953. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #55,270 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Frenda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1953.
Frenda has 10 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1961.
- #55,270 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1953
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frenda ranks #55,270 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1953, peaking in the 1950s.
- #55,270 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Frenda's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Frenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Frenda's full recorded timeline at 1961, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births.
Frenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1961
- Peak year (1953)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Frenda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1950s was Frenda's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Frenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Frenda's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Frenda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Frenda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.