Fradel
Girl · FRAY-del · Germanic
Fradel is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “little joy”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Fradel mean?
Germanic: Yiddish, diminutive of Frade, from freyd 'joy'
“little joy”
A Yiddish pet form of Frade or Freyde, meaning 'joy', used in traditional Ashkenazi Jewish families.
- Say it
- FRAY-del
Is Fradel a girl's or a boy's name?
Fradel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fradel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Fradel, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Fradel than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Fradel in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fradel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
Names like Fradel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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