Frederica
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
Frederica is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies).
What does Frederica mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, of quite rare usage, masculine equivalent Frederick.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Frederica a girl's or a boy's name?
Frederica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Frederica in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Frederica, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Frederica of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Frederica in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 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 2,276th in England and Wales.
Frederica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Frederica in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1960, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Frederica in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Frederica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,205 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,914 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,891 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,714 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,636 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,819 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,763 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,059 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,432 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,422 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,349 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,355 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,474 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,596 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,723 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,895 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,189 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 22 | #1,117 |
| 1911 | 21 | #958 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 17 | #821 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 13 | #903 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 8 | #950 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
Names like Frederica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Etta, Matilda, Harriet, Henrietta, Flora, Rosa, Lottie, Florence, Ida, Alice, Nina
Names related to Frederica
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Myles
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, “Frederica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/frederica, updated 20 October 2026.