Freya
- #176 for girls in 2025, 1,746 births
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 2,183 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,821since 1931
Freya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Freya has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #176 | 1,746 |
| 2024 | #160 | 1,883 |
| 2023 | #136 | 2,074 |
| 2022 | #129 | 2,183 |
| 2021 | #152 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | #178 | 1,599 |
| 2019 | #199 | 1,521 |
| 2018 | #266 | 1,240 |
| 2017 | #305 | 1,078 |
| 2016 | #329 | 999 |
| 2015 | #415 | 770 |
| 2014 | #584 | 517 |
| 2013 | #910 | 281 |
| 2012 | #1,299 | 182 |
| 2011 | #1,173 | 207 |
| 2010 | #1,392 | 165 |
| 2009 | #1,742 | 125 |
| 2008 | #1,740 | 127 |
| 2007 | #1,886 | 110 |
| 2006 | #2,031 | 97 |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 |
| 2004 | #2,679 | 61 |
| 2003 | #2,737 | 57 |
| 2002 | #3,146 | 45 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
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| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
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First appearance
1931
The first year at least five girls were named Freya! It came in at #4,331, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Freya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Alaska#29 · 1 in 127
- Vermont#57 · 1 in 139
- Montana#62 · 1 in 217
- North Dakota#72 · 1 in 225
- Washington#77 · 1 in 380
Best ever in a state: #25 in Alaska, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #29 | 13 | 1 in 127 |
| Vermont | #57 | 7 | 1 in 139 |
| Montana | #62 | 13 | 1 in 217 |
| North Dakota | #72 | 12 | 1 in 225 |
| Washington | #77 | 76 | 1 in 380 |
| Hawaii | #78 | 9 | 1 in 238 |
| Wyoming | #79 | 5 | 1 in 162 |
| Maine | #82 | 12 | 1 in 260 |
| West Virginia | #83 | 17 | 1 in 298 |
| Oregon | #86 | 36 | 1 in 363 |
| Wisconsin | #93 | 50 | 1 in 405 |
| Minnesota | #102 | 48 | 1 in 447 |
| Iowa | #111 | 28 | 1 in 420 |
| Missouri | #114 | 50 | 1 in 486 |
| Delaware | #115 | 7 | 1 in 322 |
| South Dakota | #117 | 9 | 1 in 339 |
| Indiana | #121 | 54 | 1 in 517 |
| New Hampshire | #121 | 10 | 1 in 380 |
| Colorado | #122 | 44 | 1 in 530 |
| Pennsylvania | #124 | 83 | 1 in 563 |
| Kentucky | #125 | 35 | 1 in 493 |
| Michigan | #132 | 63 | 1 in 567 |
| Kansas | #136 | 23 | 1 in 513 |
| Virginia | #137 | 55 | 1 in 613 |
| Nebraska | #138 | 16 | 1 in 444 |
| Nevada | #141 | 17 | 1 in 541 |
| Idaho | #142 | 14 | 1 in 512 |
| Arkansas | #144 | 20 | 1 in 530 |
| Utah | #149 | 30 | 1 in 569 |
| Rhode Island | #150 | 6 | 1 in 409 |
| Alabama | #166 | 26 | 1 in 705 |
| Ohio | #170 | 65 | 1 in 727 |
| North Carolina | #171 | 60 | 1 in 775 |
| Oklahoma | #175 | 22 | 1 in 672 |
| Florida | #195 | 94 | 1 in 923 |
| Massachusetts | #196 | 28 | 1 in 858 |
| Mississippi | #196 | 13 | 1 in 685 |
| Maryland | #201 | 25 | 1 in 799 |
| Connecticut | #206 | 16 | 1 in 719 |
| Arizona | #211 | 32 | 1 in 882 |
| Tennessee | #211 | 37 | 1 in 867 |
| Illinois | #231 | 44 | 1 in 1,007 |
| California | #232 | 145 | 1 in 1,115 |
| South Carolina | #244 | 20 | 1 in 915 |
| New York | #245 | 69 | 1 in 1,135 |
| Georgia | #250 | 41 | 1 in 1,103 |
| New Jersey | #301 | 27 | 1 in 1,315 |
| Texas | #325 | 104 | 1 in 1,544 |
| Louisiana | #394 | 11 | 1 in 1,488 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Freya
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 16 spots since 2024 (#160 → #176)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#178 → #176)
- Biggest jump: 389 spots in 2013
- Biggest drop: 24 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
91 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 2022 at #129 (2,183 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 751
- Highest: 1 in 751 girls born in 2022 were named Freya (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 921 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 57.3% of all girls named Freya (11,354) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #3,145 (1939) | #3,738 |
| 1940s | 166 | #1,384 (1941) | #2,704 |
| 1950s | 70 | #3,284 (1951) | #4,177 |
| 1960s | 54 | #4,418 (1969) | #5,293 |
| 1970s | 131 | #3,259 (1975) | #4,805 |
| 1980s | 121 | #4,283 (1987) | #5,560 |
| 1990s | 180 | #4,348 (1995) | #5,588 |
| 2000s | 772 | #1,740 (2008) | #2,518 |
| 2010s | 6,960 | #199 (2019) | #687 |
| 2020s | 11,354 | #129 (2022) | #155 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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