Recorded 1972–2022 Girls' name Peak 1974 30 births

Friday — girls' name

30 babies named Friday in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s181980s52020s7
1970s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Friday was born in this single decade.

1974
Single peak year

8 babies were named Friday in 1974 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Friday

The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Friday between 1972 and 2022, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Friday currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Friday performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Friday shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Friday 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.

Friday at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

30

Since 1972

51 years of records

Peak year

1974

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1972

Recorded for 51 years

Last year on file: 2022

Friday popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1972

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1974)
8
Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
456789 20221982197719741972 5

Friday by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
18 births that decade — 60% of Friday's all-time total
1970s181980s52020s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Friday?
30 babies have been named Friday since 1972. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1974 with 8 births.
When was Friday most popular?
Friday was most popular in the 1970s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1974.
How long has the name Friday been used?
Friday has been recorded in Social Security data since 1972, spanning 51 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Friday?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Frieda, Frida, Frimet, Fritzi, 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, 1972–2022 (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.