Freda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Freda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Freda: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #218, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#218highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#3174
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#1995
2001	#2226
2002	#3409
2004	#4598
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#2410
2009	#2535
2010	#2392
2011	#2025
2012	#3285
2013	#3160
2014	#1966
2015	#2070
2016	#1834
2017	#2090
2018	#1649
2019	#1854
2020	#2615
2021	#1866
2022	#2178
2023	#2201
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 24 of the 39 years from 1964 to 2002.

In 2002: #620 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3409 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2002
Highest recorded position: #218 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–2002).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Freda appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 257 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Freda across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Freda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#218 (1966)	#620 (2002)	24 of 39	137 (1964–2002)	11 (1966)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1649 (2018)	#3318 (2024)	27 of 29	257 (1996–2024)	18 (2018)

Freda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Freda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000s	56	8 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	126	10 of 10	13
2020s	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Freda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #218 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Freda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	10	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	11	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #218, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Frazer · #240, 29y
Fred · #39, 81y
Freddie · #10, 30y
Freddie-James · #1516, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ethel · #217, 45y
Niclas · #217, 46y
Mandy · #220, 54y
Evin · #215, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Attracta · #218, 16y
Catrine · #218, 35y
Fionnula · #218, 15y
Mervin · #218, 12y

Freda was ranked #218 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Freda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Freda without appearing here.

Freda moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #5691.
Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #5691.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #5581.
George Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4598 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Freda

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Ada Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1543.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1666.

Moved the opposite way to Freda

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Freda went from #327 to #620 while Aisling went from #154 to #27.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Freda went from #327 to #620 while Alexandra went from #222 to #78.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Freda went from #327 to #620 while Alison went from #146 to #60.
Ashley Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Freda went from #327 to #620 while Ashley went from #372 to #208.

Moved the same way as Freda

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Freda went from #327 to #620 and Audrey from #85 to #406.
Carol Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Freda went from #327 to #620 and Carol from #36 to #620.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Freda went from #327 to #620 and Deirdre from #14 to #182.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Freda went from #327 to #620 and Diane from #215 to #406.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #218 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Freda

Freda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Freda across 2 official records

Freda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Freda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Freda

Freda and the names beside it

Freda moved ahead of

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Freda at a glance

Freda across 2 official records

Freda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Freda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Freda

Freda and the names beside it

Freda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Freda

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