Frida
Feminine · “peace”
Frida is peace, in Germanic — the same frid behind Frederick and Godfrey — and the twentieth century attached it to one of the most recognizable painters in the world.
How old is the name Frida?
Frida first appears in US birth records in 1892 — 133 years ago. The typical Frida alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 8,300 people named Frida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Frida most popular?
Frida peaked in 2003, reaching #648 nationally. Today it ranks #1561, 913 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
Frida appears on these lists:
- Names that begin and end with the same letter
- Scandinavian names, cool by design
- Names borrowed from painters
- Viking names from the sagas
- Trailblazer names worth carrying
- all guides
Works in Scandinavian families too:
Where it comes from
From frid to Frida
The story of Frida
Frida and Frieda were standard German and Scandinavian names, and German emigration brought both to America and to Mexico. Frida Kahlo, born in Coyoacán in 1907 to a German father, made the name internationally recognizable; her work went from obscurity to global fame after the 1970s. Frida is in current use and rising.
Meaning
peace
From the Germanic frid, 'peace' or 'protection', the element that closes Siegfried, Godfrey and Wilfred. Frida is a short form of longer compounds such as Friderun and Elfrida. The element is ordinary and the meaning undisputed across the whole Germanic family.
How the name formed
- frid
- Frida
Related forms: Frieda · Frida · Frida
Pronouncing Frida
FREE-duh
Two syllables, stress on the first. German, Swedish and Spanish all say it the same way.
Nicknames for Frida
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
- 1892
- Most girls named
- 2017418 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #648reached in 2003
- Change vs 2023
- −36.0%135 in 2025, from 211
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.
Frida in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Frieda in German — spelling variant
- Frida in Swedish — same name
- Frida in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.
Fridas among us
people named Frida are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,906 born in 2025 was named Frida
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Venita test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Frida's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Venita climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Venita's path sketches the road Frida is walking now.
Frida sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Frida is headed
Frida is easing off slowly — about 22% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Frida beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Frida in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The peace meaning is transparent, undisputed and about as good as meanings get.
- One of the most recognizable artists of the twentieth century carries it.
- It is standard in German, Swedish and Spanish without change.
- The association with one painter is very strong.
- Frieda is the commoner German spelling.
- It is close in sound to the unrelated Freya.
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Feminine · #1561 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Fridas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 8,300 people named Frida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Frida in 2025?
- Frida ranks #1561 among US girl names in 2025, with 135 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Frida?
- About 1 in every 11,906 US girls born in 2025 was named Frida — 135 in all.
- Will my child share the name Frida with classmates?
- Frida will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Frida
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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