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Freya

Gender

Female

Origin

English
Queen of the gods
Norse
A noble woman; Freya was the Norse goddess of love and fertility for whom Friday is named, said to be the most beautiful of the goddesses.
Scandinavian

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Freya

Pronunciation

f-re-ya

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #129, 2,182 births); most recent 2025 (rank #176, 1,746 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20251,746
20241,877
20232,071
20222,182
20211,869
20201,599
20191,521
20181,240
20171,076
2016998

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #19, 2,619 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6, 1,802 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20251,802
20241,929
20232,086
20222,162
20212,187
20201,982
20192,264
20181,921
20172,021
20162,079

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #555, 89 births); most recent 2023 (rank #547, 85 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202385
202288
202189
202081
201951
201839
201732
201616
201522
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #15, 234 births); most recent 2025 (rank #26, 144 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025144
2024196
2023188
2022234
2021208
2020179
2019209
2018189
2017192
2016168

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #3, 294 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1, 268 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025268
2024244
2023254
2022294
2021270
2020284
2019260
2018226
2017235
2016245

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #10, 101 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10, 78 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
202578
202490
202390
202294
202192
2020101
2019100
201876
201782
201665

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #49, 56 births); most recent 2023 (rank #53, 44 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202344
202240
202153
202056
201945
201837
201744
201652
201539
201420

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence