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Freda

Gender
Girl
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025
#6,545 for girls

Freda is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).

What does Freda mean?

Germanic

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Freda a girl's or a boy's name?

Freda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Freda in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,509th among girls
Babies in 2025
11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Freda, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 girls.

Half of all the girls named Freda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#86), 1914 (#52), 1924 (#48) and 1934 (#71).

1996Busiest: 18 in 20182025
Freda in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
20247#3,381
202314#2,070
202212#2,277
202115#1,981
20209#2,766
201916#1,871
201818#1,739
201714#2,099
201617#1,853
201513#2,186
201415#1,976
20137#3,338
20128#3,148
201113#2,152
201010#2,540
20099#2,695
20080–
20079#2,543
20068#2,657
20058#2,555
20043#4,789
20030–
20024#3,556
20017#2,341
20009#1,942
19994#3,374
19984#3,310
19974#3,345
19968#2,012

How popular is Freda in the US?

Rank in 2025
6,545th among girls
Babies in 2025
17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Freda, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,025 girls.

Half of all the girls named Freda in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1948, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,025 in 19182025
Freda in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202517#6,545
202420#5,959
202316#6,917
202212#8,536
202113#8,019
202018#6,321
201918#6,410
201812#8,612
20170–
201616#7,227
201512#8,926
201411#9,512
201317#7,027
201219#6,573
201112#9,146
201014#8,267
20099#11,454
200817#7,404
200710#10,814
200616#7,480
200518#6,523
200416#7,072
200328#4,531
200218#6,124
200122#5,169
200013#7,574
199914#6,830
199818#5,579
199723#4,505
199617#5,526
199513#6,636
199421#4,682
199325#4,095
199225#4,082
199124#4,202
199029#3,618
198932#3,247
198835#2,926
198724#3,621
198643#2,343
198548#2,171
198454#1,922
198345#2,155
198275#1,566
198191#1,362
198098#1,299
197988#1,394
1978111#1,150
1977114#1,118
1976109#1,104
1975132#951
1974128#964
1973161#815
1972169#800
1971172#809
1970145#906
1969137#903
1968150#831
1967161#779
1966193#705
1965263#588
1964276#600
1963317#544
1962342#528
1961444#465
1960449#462
1959458#450
1958461#443
1957493#420
1956527#390
1955507#390
1954476#396
1953521#371
1952430#401
1951466#378
1950437#386
1949413#387
1948469#362
1947501#360
1946471#349
1945438#330
1944467#313
1943552#296
1942503#307
1941491#292
1940487#284
1939538#266
1938544#270
1937528#272
1936495#273
1935623#251
1934651#243
1933588#251
1932603#255
1931640#237
1930610#253
1929696#227
1928748#229
1927819#222
1926830#221
1925889#216
1924914#213
1923868#219
1922924#210
1921970#208
1920974#201
1919900#206
19181,025#192
19171,010#188
1916948#188
1915944#176
1914689#194
1913613#185
1912566#173
1911413#176
1910345#193
1909321#186
1908349#171
1907306#182
1906287#177
1905310#170
1904256#187
1903280#174
1902247#185
1901255#173
1900321#170
1899266#167
1898273#172
1897279#161
1896246#175
1895250#167
1894227#176
1893231#167
1892229#165
1891161#185
1890127#215
1889112#219
188895#237
188780#237
188666#255
188567#246
188461#247
188333#306
188242#269
188134#275
188034#265

Names like Freda

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ada, Florence, Etta, Ida, Matilda, Alice, Martha, Alma, Eva, Flora, Lottie, Rosa

Names related to Freda

Frida, Frieda, Freida, Freidy, Freddie, Fryda

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles

Every Germanic name

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, “Freda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/freda, updated 20 October 2026.