Frederica
Feminine · “peaceful ruler”
Frederick the Great invaded Silesia and wrote flute sonatas in the same decade, and did both seriously. He composed something like a hundred and twenty pieces, played every evening he could, corresponded with Voltaire, and ran one of the most aggressive foreign policies in European history — which is a lot for one name to carry.
How old is the name Frederica?
Frederica first appears in US birth records in 1883 — 142 years ago. The typical Frederica alive today was born around 1955, making them about 70 years old. About 1,400 people named Frederica are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Frederica most popular?
Frederica peaked in 1887, reaching #733 nationally. See the whole 1887 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Frithuric to Frederica
The story of Frederica
The name was the standard one in the house of Prussia and in half the German states, and it came to England with the Hanoverians, where several princesses carried the feminine. Latin made Frederica, French made Frederique, Italian Federica; English took the Latin form and used it modestly through the nineteenth century. The record has it in America from the earliest years, arriving with German immigration as well as through English fashion, and it has never been common in either country.
Meaning
peaceful ruler
The Germanic compound joins a word for peace to one for power or rule. The irony of the name's most famous bearer is not lost on anyone who has looked at it.
How the name formed
- Frithuric
- Frederick
- Frederica
Related forms: Federica · Frederique · Friederike · Frederika
Pronouncing Frederica
fred-uh-REE-kuh
Four syllables with the weight on the third. Italian and German put it in the same place; French moves it to the last.
Nicknames for Frederica
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1883
- Most girls named
- 196047 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #733reached in 1887
- Change vs 2021
- 0.0%5 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Frederica in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Federica in Italian — same name
- Frederique in French — same name
- Friederike in German — same name
- Frederika in Dutch — same name
Fredericas among us
people named Frederica are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Frederica sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is a standing name in Italian, German, Dutch and French.
- The meaning is transparent and easy to explain in three words.
- It carries several short forms, each with a quite different character.
- Four syllables is long, and the name will be shortened by others.
- Fredericka and Frederika are both in the record and will be written instead.
- It reads clearly as a name of the nineteenth century in America.
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Frequently asked
- How many Fredericas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Frederica are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Frederica in 2025?
- Frederica is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Frederica with classmates?
- Frederica will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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