Girls' name · since 1880
Frona
Frona has 873 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1894 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,241 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 873
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Frona is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 873 have been recorded since 1880.
Frona has 873 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1961.
- #8,241 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 873 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frona ranks #8,241 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 873 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #8,241 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 873
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Frona's 873 recorded births place it above 88.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
Frona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Frona splits its recorded history at 1917: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1894 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Frona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1961
- Peak year (1894)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Frona by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (162 births, 19% of the file).
1910s was Frona's strongest decade.
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Frona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
108 births
- 1890s
1890s
147 births
- 1900s
1900s
107 births
- 1910s
1910s
162 births
- 1920s
1920s
151 births
- 1930s
1930s
100 births
- 1940s 57
1940s
57 births
- 1950s 33
1950s
33 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 162 births (19% of all-time use).
How Frona compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Frona's total volume
Frona by state
Where Frona concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
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What to do with Frona's data
- Frona's decade-level peak was the 1910s (162 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Fronas (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Frona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1894)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1880–1961 (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 Frona 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.