Name profile

Frida

A Germanic and Scandinavian name derived from “peace.”

Usage languagesDutch, Italian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#1,561

Meaning and history

Frida is a Germanic and Scandinavian name derived from an element meaning "peace," and it can also shorten names ending in -frid. Its best-known bearer is Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, whose self-portraits made the name internationally familiar. Other bearers include Swedish singer Frida Lyngstad of ABBA and German writer Frida von Bülow.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 320 births, rank #838
2007: 347 births, rank #826
2008: 314 births, rank #886
2009: 287 births, rank #930
2010: 247 births, rank #1,015
20112011: 223 births, rank #1,105
2012: 217 births, rank #1,132
2013: 197 births, rank #1,220
2014: 287 births, rank #941
2015: 326 births, rank #856
20162016: 357 births, rank #796
2017: 418 births, rank #693
2018: 418 births, rank #696
2019: 387 births, rank #729
2020: 299 births, rank #890
20212021: 264 births, rank #983
2022: 224 births, rank #1,107
2023: 211 births, rank #1,151
2024: 187 births, rank #1,242
20252025: 135 births, rank #1,561

Frida moved from #890 to #983 for girls between 2020 and 2021. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 418 births.