Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Freda

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Peaceful ruler. Feminine of Frederick.
German
Peaceful ruler; feminine form of Frederick

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Freda

Pronunciation

f-re-da

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1942 (rank #3211, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1918 (rank #192, 1,025 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6546, 17 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–17
2024–20
2023–16
2022–12
2021–12
2020–18
2019–18
2018–12
2017––
2016–16

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1649, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2439, 11 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202511
20247
202312
202212
202115
20209
201915
201818
201713
201616

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1932 (rank #696, 7 births); most recent 1985 (rank #2662, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1966 (rank #218, 11 births); most recent 2002 (rank #620, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #374, 6 births); most recent 1981 (rank #472, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1925 (rank #81, 11 births); most recent 1965 (rank #393, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence