Frieda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Frieda: Recorded since 1980, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #483, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#483highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Frieda's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#2781
2007	#2233
2008	#3860
2009	#2759
2010	#1731
2011	#1903
2012	#2338
2013	#2062
2014	#1702
2015	#1865
2016	#1278
2017	#1733
2018	#1586
2019	#2286
2020	#1846
2021	#1628
2022	#1501
2023	#2063
2024	#1672

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #1672 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1980–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Frieda 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 Frieda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	41	6 of 10	7
2010s	159	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	84	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Frieda 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 3 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #483 in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Frieda'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	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1278	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1980 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #483, first reached in 1980.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 44 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Eliora · #483, 22y
Matty · #478, 26y
Sandy · #478, 29y
Alya · #476, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Heloise · #483, 28y
Meghann · #488, 13y
Sandy · #478, 29y
Chrystal · #476, 21y

Frieda was ranked #483 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1980. 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.

Frieda 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 Frieda without appearing here.

Frieda moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1731 and #5707.
Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1903 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1702 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Frieda

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1733 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1586 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1628 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1501 and #1452.

Moved the opposite way to Frieda

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frieda went from #3848 to #1672 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frieda went from #3848 to #1672 while Aimee went from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frieda went from #3848 to #1672 while Aisling went from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frieda went from #3848 to #1672 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Frieda

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frieda went from #3848 to #1672 and Ada from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frieda went from #3848 to #1672 and Alma from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frieda went from #3848 to #1672 and Alyssa from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frieda went from #3848 to #1672 and Amalie from #3848 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #483 in Republic of Ireland in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Frieda

Frieda at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Frieda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Frieda at a glance

What stands out in Frieda's record

Frieda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Frieda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Frieda

Frieda and the names beside it

Frieda moved ahead of

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