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 |
| 1962 | — | |
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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 2014
- 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
- South Dakota#144 · 1 in 450
- New Hampshire#193 · 1 in 629
- Maine#222 · 1 in 723
- Washington#228 · 1 in 952
- Wisconsin#250 · 1 in 1,050
Best ever in a state: #25 in Alaska, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #144 | 7 | 1 in 450 |
| New Hampshire | #193 | 6 | 1 in 629 |
| Maine | #222 | 5 | 1 in 723 |
| Washington | #228 | 33 | 1 in 952 |
| Wisconsin | #250 | 22 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Oregon | #273 | 14 | 1 in 1,105 |
| Connecticut | #302 | 10 | 1 in 1,210 |
| Idaho | #310 | 6 | 1 in 1,073 |
| Minnesota | #314 | 19 | 1 in 1,299 |
| Colorado | #339 | 16 | 1 in 1,453 |
| Kansas | #427 | 8 | 1 in 1,621 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,601 |
| Iowa | #436 | 7 | 1 in 1,851 |
| Michigan | #463 | 19 | 1 in 2,220 |
| Massachusetts | #492 | 10 | 1 in 2,539 |
| Missouri | #514 | 11 | 1 in 2,465 |
| South Carolina | #522 | 8 | 1 in 2,283 |
| North Carolina | #523 | 18 | 1 in 2,507 |
| Mississippi | #549 | 5 | 1 in 2,254 |
| Oklahoma | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,409 |
| Georgia | #610 | 16 | 1 in 3,013 |
| Ohio | #612 | 16 | 1 in 3,309 |
| Kentucky | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,080 |
| Pennsylvania | #641 | 15 | 1 in 3,547 |
| Arizona | #654 | 10 | 1 in 3,170 |
| California | #654 | 57 | 1 in 3,678 |
| Virginia | #655 | 11 | 1 in 3,392 |
| New York | #685 | 26 | 1 in 3,556 |
| Utah | #737 | 5 | 1 in 3,623 |
| Florida | #766 | 19 | 1 in 4,407 |
| Maryland | #772 | 6 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Alabama | #789 | 5 | 1 in 3,869 |
| Illinois | #826 | 13 | 1 in 4,536 |
| Louisiana | #834 | 5 | 1 in 4,181 |
| New Jersey | #837 | 8 | 1 in 4,639 |
| Indiana | #909 | 6 | 1 in 5,090 |
| Tennessee | #940 | 6 | 1 in 5,186 |
| Texas | #1,178 | 22 | 1 in 7,581 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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)
- 239 spots since 2015 (#415 → #176)
- Biggest jump: 389 spots in 2013 (#1,299 → #910)
- Biggest drop: 24 spots in 2024 (#136 → #160)
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.
Freya in 2014
girls
#584
517 births · 1 in 3,455 girls
Top girls' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 3,455 of them was named Freya, which outranked 97.0% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Freya
Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.