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Frederica

“peaceful ruler”

feminineLatin script

/ˌfɹɛdəˈɹiː.kə/ · English (Received Pronunciation)

Origin: Not established
6 language contexts: English Portuguese Dutch +3 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Frederica

Frederica is a feminine given name documented in English, Portuguese, Dutch and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “peaceful ruler”.

Separate records with matching spellings: Frédérica (st-db4c3a6372)

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “peaceful ruler”

From Frederick + -a. Compare Danish Frederikke, French Frédérique, German Friederike, and Italian Federica.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Frederica (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Frederica is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Frederica’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2024: 5 girls (rank 15293). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 19 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Frederica

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2024: 5; applications; Rank #15,293
Peak year: 1960; 47 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Frederica in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	5	920	observed
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	5	1,047	observed
1886	6	993	observed
1887	10	733	observed
1888	7	1,036	observed
1889	8	950	observed
1890	6	1,210	observed
1891	11	839	observed
1892	9	1,017	observed
1893	8	1,091	observed
1894	13	850	observed
1895	8	1,202	observed
1896	13	903	observed
1897	6	1,385	observed
1898	17	821	observed
1899	6	1,394	observed
1900	6	1,723	observed
1901	6	1,466	observed
1902	6	1,594	observed
1903	9	1,204	observed
1904	9	1,251	observed
1905	5	1,931	observed
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	14	1,037	observed
1908	14	1,084	observed
1909	9	1,471	observed
1910	11	1,421	observed
1911	21	958	observed
1912	22	1,117	observed
1913	18	1,358	observed
1914	16	1,665	observed
1915	25	1,439	observed
1916	36	1,189	observed
1917	31	1,307	observed
1918	26	1,566	observed
1919	19	1,921	observed
1920	20	1,952	observed
1921	21	1,927	observed
1922	28	1,575	observed
1923	21	1,895	observed
1924	14	2,514	observed
1925	17	2,191	observed
1926	15	2,351	observed
1927	12	2,699	observed
1928	17	2,094	observed
1929	11	2,737	observed
1930	16	2,110	observed
1931	12	2,427	observed
1932	27	1,448	observed
1933	20	1,723	observed
1934	13	2,289	observed
1935	17	1,917	observed
1936	13	2,263	observed
1937	15	2,101	observed
1938	23	1,596	observed
1939	26	1,474	observed
1940	30	1,374	observed
1941	32	1,355	observed
1942	36	1,349	observed
1943	34	1,423	observed
1944	32	1,433	observed
1945	17	2,060	observed
1946	31	1,583	observed
1947	37	1,545	observed
1948	23	2,008	observed
1949	17	2,410	observed
1950	29	1,764	observed
1951	34	1,637	observed
1952	33	1,713	observed
1953	24	2,122	observed
1954	24	2,186	observed
1955	34	1,803	observed
1956	31	1,931	observed
1957	36	1,808	observed
1958	37	1,791	observed
1959	37	1,820	observed
1960	47	1,637	observed
1961	40	1,807	observed
1962	44	1,708	observed
1963	45	1,715	observed
1964	39	1,892	observed
1965	36	1,914	observed
1966	29	2,191	observed
1967	20	2,781	observed
1968	30	2,205	observed
1969	24	2,704	observed
1970	18	3,435	observed
1971	28	2,599	observed
1972	23	2,903	observed
1973	18	3,481	observed
1974	18	3,558	observed
1975	19	3,514	observed
1976	23	3,095	observed
1977	16	4,235	observed
1978	23	3,283	observed
1979	14	4,842	observed
1980	11	5,912	observed
1981	14	4,963	observed
1982	15	4,716	observed
1983	23	3,431	observed
1984	10	6,291	observed
1985	18	4,282	observed
1986	17	4,539	observed
1987	10	6,788	observed
1988	23	3,893	observed
1989	25	3,893	observed
1990	23	4,230	observed
1991	16	5,659	observed
1992	16	5,718	observed
1993	11	7,498	observed
1994	8	9,586	observed
1995	16	5,677	observed
1996	9	8,812	observed
1997	9	9,017	observed
1998	13	7,104	observed
1999	9	9,479	observed
2000	8	10,745	observed
2001	6	13,521	observed
2002	6	13,595	observed
2003	5	15,784	observed
2004	10	9,892	observed
2005	9	10,921	observed
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	5	17,636	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	7	13,448	observed
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	5	16,869	observed
2013	5	16,547	observed
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	5	16,215	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	5	15,539	observed
2020	5	15,088	observed
2021	5	15,251	observed
2022	5	15,306	observed
2023	5	15,194	observed
2024	5	15,293	observed
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Frederica” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Frederica— “peace ruler”
Frederica, _f._ _Eng._ _Span._ _Port._ Teu. peace ruler, 296
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1758–1794
Hereditary Princess of Denmark and Norway (1758-1794)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frederica von Stade
born 1945
American singer and recording artist
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frederica Sagor Maas
1900–2012
playwright, essayist and author
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frederica Wilson
born 1942
U.S. Representative from Florida
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frederica de Laguna
1906–2004
American ethnologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist (1906–2004)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Frederica with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q1502100CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Frederica (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: FrederickaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Frederica

Separate records with matching spellings: Frédérica (st-db4c3a6372)

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “peaceful ruler”

From Frederick + -a. Compare Danish Frederikke, French Frédérique, German Friederike, and Italian Federica.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Frederica (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Frederica is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Frederica’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2024: 5 girls (rank 15293). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 19 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Frederica

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2024: 5; applications; Rank #15,293
Peak year: 1960; 47 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Frederica in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	5	920	observed
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	5	1,047	observed
1886	6	993	observed
1887	10	733	observed
1888	7	1,036	observed
1889	8	950	observed
1890	6	1,210	observed
1891	11	839	observed
1892	9	1,017	observed
1893	8	1,091	observed
1894	13	850	observed
1895	8	1,202	observed
1896	13	903	observed
1897	6	1,385	observed
1898	17	821	observed
1899	6	1,394	observed
1900	6	1,723	observed
1901	6	1,466	observed
1902	6	1,594	observed
1903	9	1,204	observed
1904	9	1,251	observed
1905	5	1,931	observed
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	14	1,037	observed
1908	14	1,084	observed
1909	9	1,471	observed
1910	11	1,421	observed
1911	21	958	observed
1912	22	1,117	observed
1913	18	1,358	observed
1914	16	1,665	observed
1915	25	1,439	observed
1916	36	1,189	observed
1917	31	1,307	observed
1918	26	1,566	observed
1919	19	1,921	observed
1920	20	1,952	observed
1921	21	1,927	observed
1922	28	1,575	observed
1923	21	1,895	observed
1924	14	2,514	observed
1925	17	2,191	observed
1926	15	2,351	observed
1927	12	2,699	observed
1928	17	2,094	observed
1929	11	2,737	observed
1930	16	2,110	observed
1931	12	2,427	observed
1932	27	1,448	observed
1933	20	1,723	observed
1934	13	2,289	observed
1935	17	1,917	observed
1936	13	2,263	observed
1937	15	2,101	observed
1938	23	1,596	observed
1939	26	1,474	observed
1940	30	1,374	observed
1941	32	1,355	observed
1942	36	1,349	observed
1943	34	1,423	observed
1944	32	1,433	observed
1945	17	2,060	observed
1946	31	1,583	observed
1947	37	1,545	observed
1948	23	2,008	observed
1949	17	2,410	observed
1950	29	1,764	observed
1951	34	1,637	observed
1952	33	1,713	observed
1953	24	2,122	observed
1954	24	2,186	observed
1955	34	1,803	observed
1956	31	1,931	observed
1957	36	1,808	observed
1958	37	1,791	observed
1959	37	1,820	observed
1960	47	1,637	observed
1961	40	1,807	observed
1962	44	1,708	observed
1963	45	1,715	observed
1964	39	1,892	observed
1965	36	1,914	observed
1966	29	2,191	observed
1967	20	2,781	observed
1968	30	2,205	observed
1969	24	2,704	observed
1970	18	3,435	observed
1971	28	2,599	observed
1972	23	2,903	observed
1973	18	3,481	observed
1974	18	3,558	observed
1975	19	3,514	observed
1976	23	3,095	observed
1977	16	4,235	observed
1978	23	3,283	observed
1979	14	4,842	observed
1980	11	5,912	observed
1981	14	4,963	observed
1982	15	4,716	observed
1983	23	3,431	observed
1984	10	6,291	observed
1985	18	4,282	observed
1986	17	4,539	observed
1987	10	6,788	observed
1988	23	3,893	observed
1989	25	3,893	observed
1990	23	4,230	observed
1991	16	5,659	observed
1992	16	5,718	observed
1993	11	7,498	observed
1994	8	9,586	observed
1995	16	5,677	observed
1996	9	8,812	observed
1997	9	9,017	observed
1998	13	7,104	observed
1999	9	9,479	observed
2000	8	10,745	observed
2001	6	13,521	observed
2002	6	13,595	observed
2003	5	15,784	observed
2004	10	9,892	observed
2005	9	10,921	observed
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	5	17,636	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	7	13,448	observed
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	5	16,869	observed
2013	5	16,547	observed
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	5	16,215	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	5	15,539	observed
2020	5	15,088	observed
2021	5	15,251	observed
2022	5	15,306	observed
2023	5	15,194	observed
2024	5	15,293	observed
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Frederica— “peace ruler”
Frederica, _f._ _Eng._ _Span._ _Port._ Teu. peace ruler, 296
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1758–1794
Hereditary Princess of Denmark and Norway (1758-1794)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frederica von Stade
born 1945
American singer and recording artist
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frederica Sagor Maas
1900–2012
playwright, essayist and author
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frederica Wilson
born 1942
U.S. Representative from Florida
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frederica de Laguna
1906–2004
American ethnologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist (1906–2004)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q1502100CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: FredericaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Frederica (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: FrederickaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Frederica

Meaning in the sources

Where Frederica is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Frederica von Stade

Frederica Sagor Maas

Frederica Wilson

Frederica de Laguna

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Frederica

Meaning in the sources

Where Frederica is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Frederica von Stade

Frederica Sagor Maas

Frederica Wilson

Frederica de Laguna

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page