How rare is the name Freya?

8,353 people in the United States have the first name Freya, about 1 in 36,158. It ranks #2,785 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FREYA

#2,785

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,353
About
1 in 36,158
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,353 people named Freya, 75.8% reported their origin as White, 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Freya peaked in 2022, when 2,183 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19312025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
2,183
In 2025*
1,746 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 19,821 babies have been given the name since 1931. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Freya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #363. The largest share of babies named Freya, 89.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1930s#9,74313
1940s#3,752166
1950s#7,04270
1960s#8,75754
1970s#7,013131
1980s#8,862121
1990s#8,707180
2000s#3,996772
2010s#8856,960
2020s#36311,354
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–127%
2013 and later89.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Freya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Freya has been most common in Alaska (3.5×), Oregon (2.8×), and Washington (2.8×), and least common in New Mexico (0.48×).

18,288 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Freya

#2,783 Nathanial · 8,361#2,784 Dino · 8,358#2,786 Keila · 8,338#2,786 Valery · 8,338

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Freya, most common first.

#39,134 Frey · 194

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