Frida

Girl name

Frida has been given to 8,491 babies in the U.S. since 1892. It peaked in 2017.

Meaning & origin /ˈfɹiːdə/

In Scandinavia, Frida mainly derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, short for female names ending in fríðr (“beautiful, beloved”). * In Central and Eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried "peace"; cognate to English Freda.

Origin: Germanic languages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

8,491

Peak year

2017 (418 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1892

10-year trend

▼ -59%

Gender split

All girls

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