Girls' name · peaked in 2022
Freya name popularity since 1925
19,821 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Freya. Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Freya is about 6 years old in 2026. Freya peaked in 2022 as the #129 name for girls, and it ranked #176 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,821
- Named Freya, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #176
- for girls in 2025 (1,746 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 19,821 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Oregon
- 2.67× its national share
Peak year is the year Freya made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Freya births per year, 1925–2025
2022 was the biggest year for Freya both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2012 and 2017, Freya became 6× more common, from 1 in 9,680 baby girls to 1 in 1,600.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Freya's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Freya.
Decade by decade
Babies named Freya in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 13 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 166 | #2,376 |
| 1950s | 70 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 54 | #6,031 |
| 1970s | 131 | #3,315 |
| 1980s | 121 | #5,151 |
| 1990s | 180 | #4,393 |
| 2000s | 772 | #2,562 |
| 2010s | 6,960 | #416 |
| 2020–25 | 11,354 | #176 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
89.6% of babies named Freya from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Freya is most popular
The index compares Freya's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Freya.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 2.67× | 463 |
| Washington | 2.66× | 823 |
| Utah | 2.23× | 352 |
| Colorado | 2.07× | 473 |
| Minnesota | 2.07× | 700 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Freya's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Freya.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Freya (2022).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data