The first name Freda

In 2025, 11 girls were named Freda, making it the 2,440th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2018, with 18 births (#1,649).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Freda with other names.

In 2025, 17 girls born in the United States were named Freda, the 6,630th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 1,025 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Freda Payne
  American singer and actress (born 1942)
• Freda Meissner-Blau
  Austrian politician and environmental activist (1927–2015)
• Freda du Faur
  Australian mountaineer (1882–1935)
• Freda Foh Shen
  American actress, born 1948
• Freda Jackson
  Actress (1907–1990)
• Freda Bedi
  British Buddhist nun (1911-1977)
• Freda Brown
  Australian political activist, 1919–2009
• Freda Dowie
  British screen actress (1928–2019)
• Freda Kelly
  British secretary known for her work with The Beatles, president of the official Beatles F, born 1944
• Josephine Baker
  American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

What does the name Freda mean?

A feminine form of Frederick and Fred, also a short form of Winifred.

How popular is the name Freda?

In 2025, 11 girls born in England and Wales were named Freda, ranking 2,440th. Its peak was 2018, with 18 births.

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

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 42,553 US babies named Freda since 1880 were girls.

When was Freda most popular?

1918 in the United States, when 1,025 babies were named Freda, its highest rank at 192nd.

Is Freda also a surname?

Yes. Freda is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.