Freda is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Freda is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #6,630 for girl births in the United States (and #11,508 across all names), given to 17 babies. Freda was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (1,025 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | #6,630 | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | #6,021 | — |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | #7,041 | — |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | #8,708 | — |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | #8,184 | — |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | #6,429 | — |
| 2019 | 18 | 18 | #6,519 | — |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #8,801 | — |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #7,371 | — |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | #9,138 | — |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | #9,753 | — |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 | #7,157 | — |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #6,694 | — |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | #9,353 | — |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | #8,401 | — |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | #11,793 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #7,522 | — |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | #11,102 | — |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #7,609 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | #6,635 | — |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #7,192 | — |
| 2003 | 28 | 28 | #4,585 | — |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #6,229 | — |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | #5,250 | — |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #7,724 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #6,948 | — |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | #5,653 | — |
| 1997 | 23 | — | #4,563 | — |
| 1996 | 17 | — | #5,608 | — |
| 1995 | 13 | — | #6,777 | — |
| 1994 | 21 | — | #4,736 | — |
| 1993 | 25 | — | #4,141 | — |
| 1992 | 25 | — | #4,126 | — |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #4,243 | — |
| 1990 | 29 | — | #3,652 | — |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,278 | — |
| 1988 | 35 | — | #2,941 | — |
| 1987 | 24 | — | #3,659 | — |
| 1986 | 43 | — | #2,353 | — |
| 1985 | 48 | — | #2,185 | — |
| 1984 | 54 | — | #1,928 | — |
| 1983 | 45 | — | #2,166 | — |
| 1982 | 75 | — | #1,572 | — |
| 1981 | 91 | — | #1,365 | — |
| 1980 | 98 | — | #1,304 | — |
| 1979 | 88 | — | #1,401 | — |
| 1978 | 111 | — | #1,150 | — |
| 1977 | 114 | — | #1,120 | — |
| 1976 | 109 | — | #1,107 | — |
| 1975 | 132 | — | #954 | — |
| 1974 | 128 | — | #965 | — |
| 1973 | 161 | — | #816 | — |
| 1972 | 169 | — | #800 | — |
| 1971 | 172 | — | #809 | — |
| 1970 | 145 | — | #906 | — |
| 1969 | 137 | — | #906 | — |
| 1968 | 150 | — | #832 | — |
| 1967 | 161 | — | #782 | — |
| 1966 | 193 | — | #706 | — |
| 1965 | 263 | — | #589 | — |
| 1964 | 276 | — | #600 | — |
| 1963 | 317 | — | #544 | — |
| 1962 | 342 | — | #528 | — |
| 1961 | 444 | — | #465 | — |
| 1960 | 449 | — | #462 | — |
| 1959 | 458 | — | #450 | — |
| 1958 | 461 | — | #443 | — |
| 1957 | 493 | — | #421 | — |
| 1956 | 527 | — | #391 | — |
| 1955 | 507 | — | #391 | — |
| 1954 | 476 | — | #398 | — |
| 1953 | 521 | — | #372 | — |
| 1952 | 430 | — | #402 | — |
| 1951 | 466 | — | #379 | — |
| 1950 | 437 | — | #388 | — |
| 1949 | 413 | — | #389 | — |
| 1948 | 469 | — | #363 | — |
| 1947 | 501 | — | #360 | — |
| 1946 | 471 | — | #349 | — |
| 1945 | 438 | — | #330 | — |
| 1944 | 467 | — | #313 | — |
| 1943 | 552 | — | #296 | — |
| 1942 | 509 | — | #307 | #3,340 |
| 1941 | 496 | — | #292 | #3,688 |
| 1940 | 487 | — | #284 | — |
| 1939 | 538 | — | #266 | — |
| 1938 | 544 | — | #270 | — |
| 1937 | 528 | — | #272 | — |
| 1936 | 495 | — | #273 | — |
| 1935 | 628 | — | #251 | #3,852 |
| 1934 | 651 | — | #243 | — |
| 1933 | 588 | — | #251 | — |
| 1932 | 603 | — | #255 | — |
| 1931 | 640 | — | #237 | — |
| 1930 | 610 | — | #253 | — |
| 1929 | 696 | — | #227 | — |
| 1928 | 748 | — | #229 | — |
| 1927 | 819 | — | #222 | — |
| 1926 | 830 | — | #221 | — |
| 1925 | 889 | — | #217 | — |
| 1924 | 914 | — | #213 | — |
| 1923 | 868 | — | #219 | — |
| 1922 | 924 | — | #211 | — |
| 1921 | 970 | — | #208 | — |
| 1920 | 974 | — | #201 | — |
| 1919 | 905 | — | #206 | #4,401 |
| 1918 | 1,025 | — | #192 | — |
| 1917 | 1,010 | — | #188 | — |
| 1916 | 948 | — | #188 | — |
| 1915 | 944 | — | #176 | — |
| 1914 | 689 | — | #194 | — |
| 1913 | 613 | — | #185 | — |
| 1912 | 566 | — | #173 | — |
| 1911 | 413 | — | #177 | — |
| 1910 | 345 | — | #193 | — |
| 1909 | 326 | — | #186 | #1,539 |
| 1908 | 349 | — | #171 | — |
| 1907 | 306 | — | #182 | — |
| 1906 | 287 | — | #177 | — |
| 1905 | 310 | — | #170 | — |
| 1904 | 256 | — | #187 | — |
| 1903 | 280 | — | #174 | — |
| 1902 | 247 | — | #185 | — |
| 1901 | 255 | — | #173 | — |
| 1900 | 321 | — | #170 | — |
| 1899 | 266 | — | #167 | — |
| 1898 | 273 | — | #172 | — |
| 1897 | 279 | — | #161 | — |
| 1896 | 246 | — | #175 | — |
| 1895 | 250 | — | #167 | — |
| 1894 | 227 | — | #178 | — |
| 1893 | 231 | — | #167 | — |
| 1892 | 229 | — | #165 | — |
| 1891 | 161 | — | #186 | — |
| 1890 | 127 | — | #215 | — |
| 1889 | 112 | — | #219 | — |
| 1888 | 95 | — | #237 | — |
| 1887 | 80 | — | #238 | — |
| 1886 | 66 | — | #255 | — |
| 1885 | 67 | — | #248 | — |
| 1884 | 61 | — | #248 | — |
| 1883 | 33 | — | #307 | — |
| 1882 | 42 | — | #269 | — |
| 1881 | 34 | — | #276 | — |
| 1880 | 34 | — | #265 | — |