Fleda

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Fleda has been given to 432 babies in the U.S. since 1884. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Fleda, 1954

1 in 796,000

Fleda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fleda: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fleda means

Fleda is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Fleda is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 432 girls were recorded with the name Fleda between 1884 and 1954. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1922; its best national rank was #865 in 1889.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Fleda?

Fleda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1954, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1954: 1 in 796,000; 5 of 3,979,464 births
Among girls only: 1 in 388,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1954: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 551,672 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fleda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1954 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 551,672 children born in 1954 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fleda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fledas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fleda was born before 1919 — so the typical Fleda is around 106 today.

Median birth year: 1919; About 106 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 29.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 19.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 29.2% of all recorded uses (126).

Is Fleda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1922 (21)
Years since peak: 103; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #865; 1889

Spellings of Fleda

Fleda is not the most common spelling — Lena is, with 15.3% against Fleda's 0.05%.

Lena15.3%146,479
Alexa13.8%131,551
Glenda11.4%109,227
Elena11.3%108,013
Flora7.4%70,971
Lela4.5%43,005
Freda4.4%42,527
Lea3.5%33,848

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Fleda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #865; 1889
Peak year: 1922; 21 that year
First recorded: 1884
Last recorded: 1954
All-time count: 432
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Fleda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Fleur Vaeda Fleta Fleeta Reeda Flecia Syeda Oneda Seda Fletcher Oleda Jaeda Aseda Rheda Oveda Valeda Aleda Makeda Kaeda Beda Zaeda Loreda Neda Cleda

Sibling names for Fleda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Albertha Bethel Verla Lorine Elvera Rubie Tressie Lavinia

For a brother

Trinidad Hobert Harland Walton Elden Cletus Elroy Columbus

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