# Frieda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/frieda/  
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 | /fɹiːdə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,506 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 25,506 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 300, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 26 | 5,266 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,417 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,568 |
| 2014 | 37 | 4,037 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,349 |
| 2016 | 47 | 3,391 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,093 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,102 |
| 2019 | 43 | 3,572 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4,292 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4,048 |
| 2022 | 42 | 3,667 |
| 2023 | 35 | 4,138 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,992 |
| 2025 | 36 | 4,012 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Frieda

- Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, American German-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst
- Frieda Belinfante, Dutch-American conductor and resistance fighter (1904-1995)
- Frieda Dänzer, alpine skier (1931-2015)
- Frieda Brepoels, Flemish politician
- Frieda Robscheit-Robbins, German-born American pathologist
- Frieda Hughes, English-born Australian poet and painter (born 1960)
- Frieda Nugel, German mathematician
- Frieda Ekotto, Cameroonian writer
- Judith Herzberg, Dutch poet and writer (born 1934)
- Yasmine, Belgian singer (1972–2009)

## 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.