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Frida

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Frida is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 914th for girls in the UK (41 babies) and 1,561st for girls in the US (135 babies).

What does Frida mean?

Germanic: from Germanic frid

“peace”

From the Germanic element frid, peace; borne by the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

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

Frida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the UK and 135 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Frida in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#914among girls
Babies in 2025
41about 1 in 6,800 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 41 girls in the UK were named Frida, making it the 914th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 691st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 86 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Frida than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Frida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were given Frida or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #609, up from #914 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1999Busiest: 86 in 20222025
Frida in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202541#914
202453#771
202344#875
202286#508
202168#617
202058#691
201966#645
201876#593
201758#754
201640#985
201542#933
201441#971
201342#949
201230#1,205
201133#1,117
201028#1,229
200918#1,621
200825#1,258
200715#1,784
200614#1,764
200512#1,912
200411#1,949
20036#2,877
20024#3,556
20010–
20003#4,074
19993#4,041

How popular is Frida in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,561among girls
Babies in 2025
135about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 52% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 135 girls in the US were named Frida, making it the 1,561st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 890th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 418 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Frida than any year since 1999.

Half of all the girls named Frida in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 189 girls in the US were given Frida or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,088, up from #1,561 for this spelling alone.

1892Busiest: 418 in 20172025
Frida in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025135#1,561
2024187#1,242
2023211#1,151
2022224#1,107
2021264#983
2020299#890
2019387#729
2018418#696
2017418#693
2016357#796
2015326#856
2014287#941
2013197#1,220
2012217#1,132
2011223#1,105
2010247#1,015
2009287#930
2008314#886
2007347#826
2006320#838
2005352#757
2004368#725
2003409#648
2002318#759
2001248#910
2000196#1,058
1999126#1,396
1998138#1,293
199784#1,782
199674#1,928
199576#1,845
199447#2,622
199349#2,528
199229#3,674
199110#7,980
199015#5,829
19890–
19880–
19876#9,820
19860–
198510#6,455
19846#9,139
19830–
19826#9,235
19810–
19809#6,788
19795#10,208
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19749#5,775
19736#7,433
19727#6,556
197110#5,134
19708#5,817
19697#5,972
19686#6,244
19676#6,041
19660–
19656#5,816
19645#6,766
19639#4,538
19625#6,577
19616#5,850
19600–
19590–
195812#3,542
19576#5,376
19565#5,951
19556#5,207
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19446#4,052
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19396#3,780
19385#4,340
19370–
19365#4,179
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19315#4,329
19305#4,548
19290–
19285#4,723
19270–
19260–
19255#4,971
19240–
19237#3,970
192210#3,150
19219#3,399
19206#4,396
19190–
19187#3,867
19175#4,592
19167#3,550
19157#3,433
19140–
19136#2,825
19125#2,977
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19025#1,792
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18955#1,592
18940–
18930–
18925#1,450

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