Frieda
Frieda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 141st, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1916838 births
- Best rank
- #141in 1896
- Since 1880
- 25,468people given the name
The story in the numbers
25,468 girls have been named Frieda in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 838 births.
The name has all but left use: 37 births in 2024, against 838 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1920, and the 1910s alone account for 24%. It has spent 79 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Frieda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 863 | |
| 1890s | 2,780 | |
| 1900s | 2,897 | |
| 1910s | 6,190 | |
| 1920s | 4,917 | |
| 1930s | 2,375 | |
| 1940s | 1,752 | |
| 1950s | 1,428 | |
| 1960s | 717 | |
| 1970s | 314 | |
| 1980s | 254 | |
| 1990s | 216 | |
| 2000s | 239 | |
| 2010s | 344 | |
| 2020s | 182 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Frieda was the 209th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Frieda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maudiepeak 1918
- Flossiepeak 1919
- Elsiepeak 1918
- Vestapeak 1918
- Erapeak 1916
- Florriepeak 1921
- Goldiepeak 1915
- Elfriedapeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.