Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Freda

#670 most common girls' name of all time · #1,224 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#670
Rank overall
#1,224 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
42,553
Since 2016
142
Peak year
1918 #192
Best rank
#161 1897
Girls Boys peak 1,025/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Freda is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 — 17 #6,550
2024 20 — 20 #5,964
2023 16 — 16 #6,922
2022 12 — 12 #8,543
2021 13 — 13 #8,025
2020 18 — 18 #6,325
2019 18 — 18 #6,415
2018 12 — 12 #8,617
2016 16 — 16 #7,231
2015 12 — 12 #8,933
2014 11 — 11 #9,519
2013 17 — 17 #7,035
2012 19 — 19 #6,576
2011 12 — 12 #9,152
2010 14 — 14 #8,272
2009 9 — 9 #11,461
2008 17 — 17 #7,412
2007 10 — 10 #10,820
2006 16 — 16 #7,482
2005 18 — 18 #6,529
2004 16 — 16 #7,078
2003 28 — 28 #4,536
2002 18 — 18 #6,129
2001 22 — 22 #5,174
2000 13 — 13 #7,583
1999 14 — 14 #6,842
1998 18 — 18 #5,587
1997 23 — 23 #4,508
1996 17 — 17 #5,531
1995 13 — 13 #6,644
1994 21 — 21 #4,687
1993 25 — 25 #4,102
1992 25 — 25 #4,088
1991 24 — 24 #4,209
1990 29 — 29 #3,623
1989 32 — 32 #3,253
1988 35 — 35 #2,934
1987 24 — 24 #3,624
1986 43 — 43 #2,344
1985 48 — 48 #2,172
1984 54 — 54 #1,923
1983 45 — 45 #2,157
1982 75 — 75 #1,568
1981 91 — 91 #1,363
1980 98 — 98 #1,300
1979 88 — 88 #1,395
1978 111 — 111 #1,151
1977 114 — 114 #1,118
1976 109 — 109 #1,105
1975 132 — 132 #951
1974 128 — 128 #964
1973 161 — 161 #815
1972 169 — 169 #800
1971 172 — 172 #810
1970 145 — 145 #906
1969 137 — 137 #903
1968 150 — 150 #831
1967 161 — 161 #780
1966 193 — 193 #705
1965 263 — 263 #588
1964 276 — 276 #601
1963 317 — 317 #544
1962 342 — 342 #528
1961 444 — 444 #465
1960 449 — 449 #462
1959 458 — 458 #450
1958 461 — 461 #443
1957 493 — 493 #421
1956 527 — 527 #391
1955 507 — 507 #391
1954 476 — 476 #397
1953 521 — 521 #372
1952 430 — 430 #402
1951 466 — 466 #379
1950 437 — 437 #388
1949 413 — 413 #389
1948 469 — 469 #362
1947 501 — 501 #360
1946 471 — 471 #349
1945 438 — 438 #330
1944 467 — 467 #313
1943 552 — 552 #296
1942 503 6 509 #307
1941 491 5 496 #292
1940 487 — 487 #284
1939 538 — 538 #266
1938 544 — 544 #270
1937 528 — 528 #272
1936 495 — 495 #273
1935 623 5 628 #251
1934 651 — 651 #244
1933 588 — 588 #251
1932 603 — 603 #255
1931 640 — 640 #237
1930 610 — 610 #253
1929 696 — 696 #227
1928 748 — 748 #229
1927 819 — 819 #222
1926 830 — 830 #221
1925 889 — 889 #217
1924 914 — 914 #213
1923 868 — 868 #219
1922 924 — 924 #210
1921 970 — 970 #208
1920 974 — 974 #201
1919 900 5 905 #206
1918 1,025 — 1,025 #192
1917 1,010 — 1,010 #188
1916 948 — 948 #188
1915 944 — 944 #176
1914 689 — 689 #194
1913 613 — 613 #185
1912 566 — 566 #173
1911 413 — 413 #177
1910 345 — 345 #193
1909 321 5 326 #186
1908 349 — 349 #171
1907 306 — 306 #182
1906 287 — 287 #178
1905 310 — 310 #170
1904 256 — 256 #187
1903 280 — 280 #174
1902 247 — 247 #186
1901 255 — 255 #173
1900 321 — 321 #170
1899 266 — 266 #168
1898 273 — 273 #172
1897 279 — 279 #161
1896 246 — 246 #175
1895 250 — 250 #167
1894 227 — 227 #178
1893 231 — 231 #167
1892 229 — 229 #166
1891 161 — 161 #186
1890 127 — 127 #215
1889 112 — 112 #220
1888 95 — 95 #238
1887 80 — 80 #238
1886 66 — 66 #257
1885 67 — 67 #247
1884 61 — 61 #250
1883 33 — 33 #307
1882 42 — 42 #270
1881 34 — 34 #276
1880 34 — 34 #265