Freda
About Freda
Freda, along with near-identical twin sisters Frida and Frieda, has not been popular in the US for decades. After the two world wars, German names fell out of favor in the US and UK. The similar-sounding but etymologically unrelated mythological name Freya is much more popular, not only in the US and the UK but throughout the English-speaking world, in Germany and Scandinavia.
Pronounced FRED-uh.
As of October 2026, Freda ranked #6630 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #161 in 1897.
Editor's take: The name Freda is a girl's name of German origin meaning "peace".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Freda on lists
Famous Fredas
- Winifred May "Freda" Dudley Ward
English socialite and mistress of the future King Edward VIII
- Winifred Alice "Freda" James
English tennis player
- Freda Charcilia Payne
American R&B singer
- Freda Josephine McDonald
birth name of Josephine Baker, American,French dancer and entertainer
- Freda Foh Shen
American actress
- Freda Gladys Newcombe
English neuropsychologist
- Freda Meissner
Blau, Austrian politician
- Winifred "Freda" Utley
English scholar and author
- Freda Bedi
early English Buddhist
Freda in pop culture
- Mrs Freda Flower
rich widow interested in spiritualism in Muriel Spark's play "The Bachelors" (1961)
- Freda Larch
"Second Resurrectionist" in "The Good Companions" (1929) by J. B. Priestley
- Freda
main character in "The Bottle Factory Outing" (1974) by Beryl Bainbridge
- "Good Ol' Freda" (2013)
documentary about Freda Kelly, lifelong secretary for The Beatles
- Freda
character in G. A. Henty's "The Dragon and the Raven"
- Freda
character in the lord of the rings