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Frida

Frida means "Swedish/German, short for Friederike/Alfrida" and comes from Swedish, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

SwedishSwedish/German, short for Friederike/Alfrida
EtymologyMeaning "peace"
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
37
1920s
42
1930s
26
1940s
6
1950s
29
1960s
48
1970s
45
1980s
37
1990s
647
2000s
3,154
2010s
2,263
Peaked in the 2000s · 6,339 total U.S. births since 1900