# Frederica (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/frederica/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌfɹɛdəˈɹiː.kə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Fredericka |
| US babies named this | 2,358 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,358 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 161, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Frederick + -a. Compare Danish Frederikke, French Frédérique, German Friederike, and Italian Federica.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 14,178 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,593 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,164 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11,201 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,556 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,758 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,445 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,127 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,358 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,907 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,065 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,130 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,982 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,090 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Frederikke
- Finnish: Riikka
- French: Frédérique
- German: Friederike
- Greek: Φρειδερίκη
- Hungarian: Friderika
- Italian: Federica
- Polish: Fryderyka
- Spanish: Federica
- Swedish: Fredrika

## People named Frederica

- Frederica von Stade, American singer and recording artist
- Frederica de Laguna, American ethnologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist (1906–2004)
- Princess Augusta of Great Britain, British princess (1737-1813)
- Alice Keppel, British society hostess and mistress of Edward VII (1868–1947)
- Liza Lehmann, English operatic soprano and composer (1862–1918)
- Clara Montalba, British artist (1840-1929)

## 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.