Frieda
Frieda is a name with multiple cultural origins: German, English.
- German
- English
Meaning & Origin of Frieda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Frieda is a name with multiple cultural origins: German, English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- English
The Story of Frieda
American parents first put Frieda on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 26 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 838 Friedas were born — ranking #208 that year. About 24% of every Frieda on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Frieda ranks #3,816 for baby girls with 39 births, gradually rising (+6%). All told, over 26K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Frieda
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Frieda. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Frieda
Frieda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Frieda's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #141. Use the chart and map above to compare Frieda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.