Freda
Freda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 161st, in 1897.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19181,025 births
- Best rank
- #161in 1897
- Since 1880
- 42,507people given the name
The story in the numbers
42,507 girls have been named Freda in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 1,025 births.
The name has all but left use: 20 births in 2024, against 1,025 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 96 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Freda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 624 | |
| 1890s | 2,289 | |
| 1900s | 2,932 | |
| 1910s | 7,453 | |
| 1920s | 8,632 | |
| 1930s | 5,819 | |
| 1940s | 4,792 | |
| 1950s | 4,777 | |
| 1960s | 2,732 | |
| 1970s | 1,328 | |
| 1980s | 545 | |
| 1990s | 209 | |
| 2000s | 167 | |
| 2010s | 130 | |
| 2020s | 78 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Freda was the 192nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Freda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mariepeak 1920
- Laurettapeak 1915
- Nevapeak 1920
- Hildapeak 1921
- Cecilepeak 1918
- Vernapeak 1918
- Leathapeak 1916
- Verdapeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
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.