Given name
Fredericka
“a peaceful ruler”
In English use, Fredericka has a related form in Frederica. In German use, Frederica carries the interpretation “a peaceful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Fredericka has a related form in Frederica. In German use, Frederica carries the interpretation “a peaceful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fredericka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,957
- 0 boys · 1,957 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,127 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fredericka’s family of names
In English usage, Fredericka has a related form in Frederica.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Fredericka
- Fredi WashingtonAmerican actress (1903–1994)
- Fredericka MandelbaumAmerican fence and gang boss of German origin1825–1894
- Fredricka WhitfieldAmerican news reporterborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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