# Elfreda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elfreda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “elf”, “strength”, “noble” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 934 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 934 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English Ælfþrȳþ (from ælf (“elf”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)); later partly merged with æþel (“noble”) + þrȳþ (“strength”) ( =Audrey).

## What it means

Elfreda is grouped under noble and strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 7 | 4,710 |
| 1954 | 12 | 3,373 |
| 1955 | 9 | 4,161 |
| 1958 | 33 | 1,915 |
| 1959 | 9 | 4,390 |
| 1960 | 11 | 3,982 |
| 1961 | 7 | 5,458 |
| 1962 | 9 | 4,633 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5,143 |
| 1969 | 6 | 6,864 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,634 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9,154 |
| 1975 | 9 | 6,103 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,443 |
| 1978 | 7 | 7,855 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |

## In other languages

- German: Elfriede
- Swedish: Alfrida

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.