Federica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- feh-deh-REE-kah
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Federica is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peaceful ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Federica mean?
Germanic: Italian feminine of Federico (Frederick)
“peaceful ruler”
Italian and Spanish feminine of Federico, from the Germanic Frederick.
Is Federica a girl's or a boy's name?
Federica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Federica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Federica in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Federica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Federica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Federica, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Federica in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Federica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Nicknames for Federica
- Fede
- Rica
Names like Federica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Isabella, Eliana, Sienna, Amelia, Ariella, Luna, Fatima, Maeva, Isla, Freya, Orla
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Federica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/federica, updated 20 October 2026.