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Frieda

Girl · FREE-da · Germanic

Frieda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).

What does Frieda mean?

Germanic: German spelling of Frida

“peace”

German spelling of Frida, from the Germanic word for peace.

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

Frieda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Frieda in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,675among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Frieda, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 32 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Frieda than any year since 2009.

Half of all the girls named Frieda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were given Frieda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #609, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 32 in 20162025
Frieda in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#2,675
202421#1,538
202313#2,185
202221#1,527
202120#1,605
202017#1,780
201912#2,275
201819#1,678
201717#1,833
201632#1,162
201520#1,622
201418#1,722
201314#2,061
201213#2,210
201116#1,824
201016#1,829
20099#2,695
20085#4,065
200711#2,198
20067#2,940
20057#2,806
20044#3,916
20030–
20020–
20010–
20001#5,280
19994#3,374
19983#4,026

How popular is Frieda in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,974among girls
Babies in 2025
36about 1 in 45,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Frieda, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1916, with 838 girls.

Half of all the girls named Frieda in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1935, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 189 girls in the US were given Frieda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,088, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 838 in 19162025
Frieda in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202536#3,974
202437#3,962
202335#4,112
202242#3,651
202136#4,011
202032#4,261
201943#3,551
201835#4,075
201736#4,065
201647#3,379
201525#5,286
201437#4,001
201331#4,541
201233#4,385
201126#5,205
201032#4,493
200933#4,481
200827#5,277
200718#7,088
200617#7,140
200526#4,954
200433#4,168
200322#5,414
200224#4,902
200126#4,559
200014#7,152
199921#5,033
199821#4,951
199724#4,367
199625#4,179
199525#4,094
199422#4,516
199318#5,200
199216#5,711
199117#5,393
199027#3,808
198919#4,664
198830#3,220
198725#3,521
198617#4,536
198530#3,007
198429#2,991
198318#4,108
198226#3,259
198131#2,847
198029#3,002
197932#2,724
197819#3,777
197726#3,001
197623#3,094
197533#2,411
197435#2,254
197351#1,732
197233#2,276
197129#2,542
197033#2,307
196946#1,809
196855#1,539
196754#1,524
196661#1,403
196562#1,394
196478#1,246
196378#1,241
196284#1,203
196198#1,108
1960101#1,069
1959107#1,022
1958137#869
1957134#880
1956159#781
1955133#841
1954141#788
1953150#746
1952138#756
1951148#718
1950181#632
1949189#597
1948192#602
1947165#648
1946171#606
1945151#593
1944170#558
1943175#572
1942165#574
1941174#530
1940200#477
1939197#474
1938213#460
1937209#452
1936241#415
1935193#460
1934267#397
1933233#419
1932270#396
1931234#423
1930318#383
1929337#360
1928372#350
1927417#331
1926405#329
1925428#323
1924541#283
1923538#278
1922566#274
1921639#260
1920674#253
1919746#228
1918804#222
1917766#220
1916838#208
1915792#208
1914639#204
1913506#206
1912445#211
1911335#212
1910319#201
1909315#189
1908317#180
1907267#195
1906244#195
1905275#181
1904280#175
1903294#167
1902282#169
1901323#154
1900300#179
1899307#150
1898335#151
1897278#162
1896339#141
1895299#149
1894299#143
1893256#154
1892265#150
1891207#160
1890195#173
1889162#179
1888154#179
1887123#180
188691#207
188590#199
188485#205
188357#236
188250#244
188125#317
188026#309

Names like Frieda

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

Ada Etta Matilda Lottie Florence Rosa Flora Lola Eva Ella Clara Ida

Other spellings of Frieda

Frida Freida

Names related to Frieda

Farida Freda Faridah Fraida

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