Freyda — girls' name
30 babies named Freyda in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Freyda was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Freyda in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Freyda
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Freyda between 1919 and 1948, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Freyda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Freyda performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Freyda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Freyda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Freyda 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 30 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.
Freyda at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Freyda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1919
- Peak year (1939)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1948.
30 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 7 births in a single year.
Freyda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 18 births that decade — 60% of Freyda's all-time total
Freyda decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Freyda's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Freyda by state
Where Freyda concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 16.7% |
5 of 30 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 16.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 16.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1919–1948 (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.