Freya Girl
How popular is Freya?
#176 girl name in 2025
1,746 baby girls were named Freya in the US in 2025, making it the 176th most popular girl name.
Freya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #176 for girls (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,746 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+127% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #415 in 2015, #178 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (2,183 girls) |
| Highest rank | #129 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1931 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Freya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Freya family of names ranked #195 for girls in 2025 (#179 the year before), with 1,751 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freya | 1,746 | 100% |
| Freyah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Freya is most popular
Babies named Freya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 7.8 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- Wyoming: 6.6 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Alaska: 5.8 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Maine: 5.4 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- North Dakota: 4.9 per 1,000 (65 girls)
Freya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #3,143 |
| 1940s | 166 | #1,384 |
| 1950s | 70 | #3,283 |
| 1960s | 54 | #4,417 |
| 1970s | 131 | #3,259 |
| 1980s | 121 | #4,280 |
| 1990s | 180 | #4,343 |
| 2000s | 772 | #1,740 |
| 2010s | 6,960 | #199 |
| 2020s | 11,354 | #129 |
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Questions
- Is Freya a boy or girl name?
- Freya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Freya were girls.
- How popular is the name Freya?
- 1,746 baby girls were named Freya in the US in 2025, making it the 176th most popular girl name.
- When was Freya most popular?
- Freya peaked in 2022, when 2,183 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #129 in 2022.
- How many people are named Freya?
- 19,821 babies have been named Freya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,640 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Freya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Freya was most common in Vermont, at 7.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.