Frieda
Frieda was given to 36 girls in 2025, #4,011 among girls’ names; 25,506 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,850 Americans named Frieda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (19% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 45 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Frieda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Frieda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Frieda is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, the German equivalent of Freda.”
/fɹiːdə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Frieda?
#4,011 among girls’ names, 2025
Frieda rose from #5,347 in 2015 to #4,011 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 14.0 to 22.4 per million.
838 babies in 1916, the peak
Frieda peaked in 1916, when 838 girls were given it, #209 among girls’ names. The 36 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #4,011 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,991 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,136 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,665 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,045 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,290 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,571 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,101 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,092 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,391 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,347 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,035 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,566 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,415 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,264 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,519 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,517 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,335 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,180 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,255 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,995 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,200 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,476 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,954 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,596 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,287 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,086 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,009 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,423 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,222 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,130 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,575 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,276 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,810 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,489 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,826 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,723 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,246 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,546 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,595 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,029 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,007 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,164 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,284 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,870 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,020 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,745 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,820 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,021 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,123 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,421 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,265 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,738 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,287 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,557 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,321 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,814 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,544 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 54 | #1,526 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 61 | #1,407 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 62 | #1,397 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 78 | #1,248 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 78 | #1,242 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 84 | #1,205 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 98 | #1,111 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 101 | #1,070 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 107 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 137 | #870 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 134 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 159 | #781 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 133 | #842 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 141 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 150 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 138 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 148 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 181 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 189 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 192 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 165 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 171 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1945 | 151 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 170 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1943 | 175 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1942 | 165 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 174 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 200 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1939 | 197 | #475 | 0.18 |
| 1938 | 213 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1937 | 209 | #453 | 0.20 |
| 1936 | 241 | #415 | 0.23 |
| 1935 | 193 | #461 | 0.18 |
| 1934 | 267 | #397 | 0.26 |
| 1933 | 233 | #419 | 0.23 |
| 1932 | 270 | #397 | 0.25 |
| 1931 | 234 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1930 | 318 | #383 | 0.28 |
| 1929 | 337 | #361 | 0.30 |
| 1928 | 372 | #350 | 0.32 |
| 1927 | 417 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1926 | 405 | #329 | 0.34 |
| 1925 | 428 | #323 | 0.35 |
| 1924 | 541 | #283 | 0.43 |
| 1923 | 538 | #278 | 0.45 |
| 1922 | 566 | #274 | 0.47 |
| 1921 | 639 | #260 | 0.52 |
| 1920 | 674 | #253 | 0.56 |
| 1919 | 746 | #229 | 0.66 |
| 1918 | 804 | #222 | 0.69 |
| 1917 | 766 | #220 | 0.71 |
| 1916 | 838 | #209 | 0.80 |
| 1915 | 792 | #208 | 0.80 |
| 1914 | 639 | #204 | 0.84 |
| 1913 | 506 | #206 | 0.81 |
| 1912 | 445 | #211 | 0.80 |
| 1911 | 335 | #212 | 0.80 |
| 1910 | 319 | #201 | 0.80 |
| 1909 | 315 | #189 | 0.91 |
| 1908 | 317 | #181 | 0.95 |
| 1907 | 267 | #195 | 0.84 |
| 1906 | 244 | #195 | 0.83 |
| 1905 | 275 | #182 | 0.94 |
| 1904 | 280 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1903 | 294 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1902 | 282 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1901 | 323 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1900 | 300 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1899 | 307 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1898 | 335 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1897 | 278 | #163 | 1.2 |
| 1896 | 339 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1895 | 299 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 299 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1893 | 256 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1892 | 265 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1891 | 207 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1890 | 195 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1889 | 162 | #179 | 0.91 |
| 1888 | 154 | #179 | 0.86 |
| 1887 | 123 | #181 | 0.84 |
| 1886 | 91 | #207 | 0.63 |
| 1885 | 90 | #199 | 0.68 |
| 1884 | 85 | #205 | 0.66 |
| 1883 | 57 | #237 | 0.51 |
| 1882 | 50 | #244 | 0.46 |
| 1881 | 25 | #321 | 0.27 |
| 1880 | 26 | #311 | 0.29 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Frieda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Frieda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Frieda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Frieda, and how old are they?
4,850 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 19% of the 25,506 Americans ever recorded as Frieda. The median Frieda alive today is 69 years old; half are between 45 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 6,400 people named Frieda (6,392 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,891 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,050 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,960 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 572 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 364 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 393 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 469 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Frieda born?
The states with the most babies named Frieda are New York, Illinois and Ohio, with 38% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,550 | #1,109 | 2.0× |
| Illinois | 1,340 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 921 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 768 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 757 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 693 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Indiana | 689 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 647 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 598 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Wisconsin | 593 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Frieda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Frieda is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Frieda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 34,134 babies since 1880, Frieda is the most given (75% of them). In 2025 it was given to 36 of their 171 babies (21%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Frieda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Frieda and names like it
- Compare Frieda and FridaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sFrieda peaked in 1916.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Frieda since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Frieda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Frieda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.