Elfreda

girls:

934 births since 1887

#4782 (16th percentile)

overall:

934 births since 1887

#6805 (12th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Elfreda is the #6,805 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 934 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,782 (16.3% percentile) for all time with 934 births since 1887.

Elfreda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (first recorded for girls in 1887). Birth data for Elfreda is available in 74 out of the 92 years between 1887 and 1978. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Elfreda reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #542) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 1894, with 55 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1978.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elfreda".

1887 1978 18871978

Key Statistics

Total Births
934
Peak Births
40
Peak Year
1917
First Recorded
1887
Peak Percentile
6.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#542
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Elfreda

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Elfreda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 31.5% confident that Elfreda is pronounced as ehl-FREE-duh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHL-FREE-duh, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.

ehl-FREE-duh (3 syllables)
31.5% confidence
EH0 L F R IY1 D AH0
EHL-FREE-duh (3 syllables)
22.2% confidence
EH1 L F R IY1 D AH0
ehl-FREH-duh (3 syllables)
Verified
18.5% confidence
EH0 L F R EH1 D AH0
EHL-freh-duh (3 syllables)
14.8% confidence
EH1 L F R EH0 D AH0
EHL-free-duh (3 syllables)
13.0% confidence
EH1 L F R IY0 D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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