Frieda
Feminine · “peace”
Frieda is peace, and it is the front half of a whole German family of names. Friede is the ordinary German word, and Friederike, Elfriede and Frieda all carry it.
How old is the name Frieda?
Frieda was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Frieda alive today was born around 1918, making them about 107 years old. About 5,200 people named Frieda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Frieda most popular?
Frieda peaked in 1896, reaching #141 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 3,834 places below that high. See the whole 1896 chart.
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Where it comes from
From frid to Frieda
The story of Frieda
Germanic naming built compounds from two ordinary words, and frid was one of the commonest — so common that shortening became inevitable once several frid- names were in a household at once. Friederike, Elfriede and Gottfriede all yield Frieda. German emigration carried it to America in the nineteenth century, where the ie spelling marked it as unmistakably German, and it peaked in the second decade of the twentieth century.
Meaning
peace
From the Germanic frid, 'peace' or 'protection', which is also the second element in Siegfried and Wilfried and the first in Frederick. In German the modern word Friede still means peace, so the name has never stopped being transparent to its own speakers.
How the name formed
- frid
- Friederike
- Frieda
Related forms: Frieda · Freda · Frida · Frida
Pronouncing Frieda
FREE-duh
Two syllables, stress on the first. German says it the same way; the ie is a long e, not two vowels.
Nicknames for Frieda
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
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1916838 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #141reached in 1896
- Change vs 2022
- −14.3%36 in 2025, from 42
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.
Frieda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Frieda in German — same name
- Freda in English — spelling variant
- Frida in Dutch — spelling variant
- Frida in Swedish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, California.
Friedas among us
people named Frieda are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Frieda
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Frieda 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 Frieda is headed
Frieda should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Frieda beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Frieda in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is transparent, undisputed and about as good as a meaning gets.
- It is a living name in German, Dutch and Swedish, so it travels without adjustment.
- Two clear syllables that stand up well against a long surname.
- Frieda, Freda and Frida are all in use and sound very close.
- The ie spelling reads as distinctly German, which is either the appeal or the objection.
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Frequently asked
- How many Friedas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,200 people named Frieda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Frieda in 2025?
- Frieda ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Frieda?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Frieda — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Frieda with classmates?
- Frieda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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