Frimet
Feminine · “pious”
Frimet is a Yiddish women's name, and its origin is argued between a word for pious and one for early — the spring, the first of the year.
How old is the name Frimet?
Frimet first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Frimet alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Frimet are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Frimet most popular?
Frimet peaked in 2025, reaching #3903 nationally. Today it ranks #3903, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Frimet
Yiddish women's names drew heavily on German and Romance vocabulary rather than Hebrew — Frimet, Bluma the flower, Freida joy, Golda gold — which is one of the clearest differences between the men's and women's naming stocks in Ashkenazi communities. Frimet has been in use for centuries and appears in American records chiefly in Hasidic families, where such names are being actively revived.
Meaningscholars disagree
pious; or early, of the spring
One reading takes it from German fromm, pious or devout, which gives the Yiddish Frume. Another connects it to Middle High German vrüeje, early, hence the spring. Neither is settled and both are seriously offered.
Pronouncing Frimet
FRIM-et
Two syllables, first stressed. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Frimet
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
- 1977
- Most girls named
- 202537 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3903reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +105.6%37 in 2025, from 18
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.
Frimet in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Frimet in Yiddish — same name
- Frume in Yiddish — related form
- Fromm in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York.
Frimets among us
people named Frimet are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 43,440 born in 2025 was named Frimet
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 Saran test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Frimet's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Saran climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Saran's path sketches the road Frimet is walking now.
Frimet 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 Frimet is headed
Frimet is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Frimet beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Frimet in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A centuries-deep record in a living community's naming.
- Frimi is a warm short form already in community use.
- Six letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- It is entirely unfamiliar outside Hasidic communities and needs spelling every time.
- The two possible meanings — pious and early — are unrelated.
- Frimet and Frimit are both written and neither is standard in English.
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Frequently asked
- How many Frimets are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Frimet are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Frimet in 2025?
- Frimet ranks #3903 among US girl names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Frimet?
- About 1 in every 43,440 US girls born in 2025 was named Frimet — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Frimet with classmates?
- Frimet will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Frimet
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