| Astrid | Frida | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Divinely beautiful | Peace |
| Origin | norse | Norse |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | AS-trid | FREE-dah |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1892 | 1892 |
| Peak year | 2024 (822) | 2017 (418) |
| In 2025 | 818 | 135 |
| Trend | Near its peak | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Astrid | Frida |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 4,578 | 1,320 |
| 2010s | 3,352 | 3,077 |
| 2000s | 2,050 | 3,159 |
| 1990s | 1,499 | 648 |
| 1980s | 575 | 37 |
| 1970s | 347 | 45 |
| 1960s | 337 | 50 |
| 1950s | 170 | 29 |
| 1940s | 142 | 6 |
| 1930s | 244 | 26 |
| 1920s | 247 | 42 |
| 1910s | 426 | 37 |
| 1900s | 132 | 5 |
| 1890s | 46 | 10 |
From Old Norse Ástríðr, from áss 'god' + fríðr 'beautiful, fair, beloved'. Here 'fríðr' genuinely means 'beautiful/fair' (not merely light-colored), giving the standard gloss 'divinely beautiful'. Old Germanic dithematic names resist a single tidy translation, but the beauty element is well attested.
Frida comes from the Old Norse and Germanic for “peace.”
Astrid is more popular than Frida today: about 818 US babies were given the name Astrid in 2025, compared with 135 named Frida.
Astrid means Divinely beautiful (norse origin), while Frida means Peace (Norse origin).
In US records, Astrid first appears in 1892 and Frida in 1892, so Astrid has the longer recorded history.