girl's name

Fedora

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 450

Fedora is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2020 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Fedora is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 1916, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1894.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Fedora over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '50 '60 '70 '80 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Fedora by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 20
1900s 10
1910s 48
1920s 68
1930s 17
1950s 12
1960s 7
1970s 5
1980s 12
2000s 17
2010s 28
2020s (to 2020) 6

How popular is Fedora?

In 2020, Fedora was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Fedora is used

Canada #3,236 6 in 2024
France as Fédora #5,529 5 in 2024
England & Wales #7,019 3 in 2025
United States #14,145 6 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Fedora is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Fédora Fédora is a rare spelling of Fedora, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Fedora

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Fedora also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Fedora over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Fedora

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Fedora — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Fedora

How popular is the name Fedora?

In 2020, Fedora was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Fedora a girl's or a boy's name?

Fedora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Fedora?

Fedora has 3 syllables.

When was Fedora most popular?

Fedora peaked in 1916, when 17 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Fedora a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Fedora currently ranks #3,236 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.