Frieda
2025 SSA
About Frieda
This traditional Germanic name hasn't been on the U.S. list since 1958, but perhaps due to the mythic power of painter Frida Kahlo, parents are beginning to show some interest in it.
Pronounced FREE-duh.
As of October 2026, Frieda ranked #4012 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #141 in 1896.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,034 | 37 | 20.7 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,391 | 47 | 26.5 |
| 2017 | #4,093 | 36 | 20.9 |
| 2018 | #4,100 | 35 | 20.6 |
| 2019 | #3,626 | 42 | 25 |
| 2020 | #4,290 | 32 | 19.8 |
| 2021 | #4,045 | 36 | 21.9 |
| 2022 | #3,664 | 42 | 25.6 |
| 2023 | #4,134 | 35 | 21.8 |
| 2024 | #3,983 | 37 | 22.8 |
| 2025 | #4,012 | 36 | 22.4 |
World rankings
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Frieda on lists
Famous Friedas
- Frieda Hempel
German soprano
- Frieda Rebecca Hughes
English poet and painter; daughter of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
- (Emma Maria) Frieda Johanna Freiin von Richthofen Lawrence
German wife of English novelist D. H. Lawrence
- Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon
birth name of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo
- Frederika Marie Joseph "Frieda" Brepoels
Belgian MEP
- Frieda Dänzer
Swiss Olympic skier
- Frieda Inescort
Scottish actress
- Frieda Harrison
birth name of Suzy Kendall, English actress
- Frieda A. Schneider
birth name of Gracie Doll Earles, German dwarf performer of The Doll Family
- Frieda Ekotto
Cameroonian,American novelist
- Frieda Belinfante
Dutch cellist and WWII resistance leader
- Frieda Leontine Mauritia Van Themsche
Belgian politician
- John Frieda
English hairstylist
Frieda in pop culture
- Frieda Macteer
sister of Claudia (the narrator) in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"
- Frieda Haxby Palmer
character in Margaret Drabble's novel The Witch of Exmoor
- Frieda
Muppet on TV's "Sesame Street"
- Frieda Petrenko
character on British soap "Holby City"
- Frieda
girl with "naturally curly hair" in the "Peanuts" series
- "Frieda
" 1947 British film and its main character
- Frieda Berlin
character on "Orange Is The New Black"