How Many People Are Named Freya?
people named Freya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,439 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,821 babies named Freya in Social Security records from 1931 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,183 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This was the name of the goddess of love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology. She claimed half of the heroes who were slain in battle and brought them to her realm of Fólkvangr. Along with her brother Freyr and father Njord, she was one of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir). Some scholars connect her with the goddess Frigg.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Freya in English. Counting Freya and these spellings together, about 23,435 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Freya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Freya alive today is about 7 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Freya first appears in the records in 1931 and was given most often in 2022, to 2,183 babies. In 2025, 1,746 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1931 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Freya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #129, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #176.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #176 |
| Best rank | #129 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #150 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Freya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Freya were born in California than in any other state: about 1,663 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Freya was given 4.3 times as often in Vermont, 3.5 times in Alaska and 3.3 times in Maine.
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