Freya

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Freya is ranked 159th among girls in 2024 (1,877 births). Its best rank was 129th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #159down 23 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,8770.12% of girls
Peak year: 20222,182 births
Best rank: #129in 2022
Since 1931: 18,062people given the name

Babies named Freya, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

18,062 girls have been named Freya in the United States since 1931, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 2,182 births — 0.13% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 53%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Freya
1930s	13
1940s	166
1950s	70
1960s	54
1970s	131
1980s	121
1990s	180
2000s	772
2010s	6,957
2020s	9,598

In 2022, its biggest year

Freya was the 129th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Freya

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.