# Frida (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/frida/  
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 | “beautiful”, “beloved”, “peace” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɹiːdə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,491 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,491 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 852, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* In Scandinavia, Frida mainly derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, short for female names ending in fríðr (“beautiful, beloved”). * In Central and Eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried "peace"; cognate to English Freda.

## What it means

Frida is grouped under beauty, love and peace.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 223 | 1,106 |
| 2012 | 217 | 1,133 |
| 2013 | 197 | 1,224 |
| 2014 | 287 | 941 |
| 2015 | 326 | 858 |
| 2016 | 357 | 797 |
| 2017 | 418 | 695 |
| 2018 | 418 | 696 |
| 2019 | 387 | 729 |
| 2020 | 299 | 890 |
| 2021 | 264 | 983 |
| 2022 | 224 | 1,108 |
| 2023 | 211 | 1,153 |
| 2024 | 187 | 1,245 |
| 2025 | 135 | 1,565 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 40 | 925 |
| 2014 | 39 | 940 |
| 2015 | 37 | 965 |
| 2016 | 38 | 955 |
| 2017 | 54 | 740 |
| 2018 | 73 | 568 |
| 2019 | 60 | 651 |
| 2020 | 54 | 683 |
| 2021 | 63 | 616 |
| 2022 | 79 | 504 |
| 2023 | 42 | 851 |
| 2024 | 46 | 811 |
| 2025 | 38 | 922 |

## People named Frida

- Frida Boccara, French singer
- Frida Uhl, Austrian writer (1872–1943)
- Frida Richard, Austrian actress (1873-1946)
- Frida Kern, composer (1891–1988)
- Frida Wattenberg, French resistance fighter

## 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.