Girls' name · peaked in 1897
Freda name popularity since 1925
24,595 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Freda. Half of them were born in 1944 or earlier, so the typical Freda is about 82 years old in 2026. Freda peaked in 1897 as the #161 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,595
- Named Freda, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1897
- #161 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,630 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 24,579 girls · 16 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 9.51× its national share
Peak year is the year Freda made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Freda births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Freda peaked earlier, in 1897.
- Steepest fall: Between 1961 and 1966, Freda's share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 4,550 to 1 in 8,770.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Freda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Freda.
Decade by decade
Babies named Freda in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 3,982 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 5,820 | 5 | #251 |
| 1940s | 4,792 | 11 | #330 |
| 1950s | 4,776 | 0 | #391 |
| 1960s | 2,732 | 0 | #589 |
| 1970s | 1,329 | 0 | #954 |
| 1980s | 545 | 0 | #2,185 |
| 1990s | 209 | 0 | #6,777 |
| 2000s | 167 | 0 | #6,635 |
| 2010s | 131 | 0 | #9,138 |
| 2020–25 | 96 | 0 | #6,630 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.5% of babies named Freda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Freda is most popular
The index compares Freda's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Freda.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 9.51× | 1,814 |
| Arkansas | 4.67× | 1,040 |
| Kentucky | 4.37× | 1,586 |
| Oklahoma | 4.11× | 1,160 |
| Tennessee | 2.58× | 1,178 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Freda and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Freda (this page) | 24,579 | 1897 |
| Fredda | 1,235 | 1946 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Freda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Freda.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Freda (1897).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data