NameTides

Freyja

Freyja was the #770 girls' name in the US in 2025 (352 babies), and #381 in England & Wales and #966 in Canada.

Freyja as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Freyja as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Freyja as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#770 (352)#381 (111)#204 (19)—#483 (7)#966 (28)
2024#767 (368)#358 (123)#196 (19)#212 (8)#736 (4)#678 (43)
2023#627 (473)#291 (151)#236 (16)#209 (8)#555 (6)#595 (48)
2022#631 (467)#294 (152)#223 (18)#162 (12)#502 (7)#554 (51)
2021#708 (407)#313 (150)#225 (18)—#586 (6)#533 (55)
2020#951 (269)#426 (100)#399 (8)——#745 (38)
2019#994 (260)#448 (94)#286 (13)—#551 (6)#631 (48)
2018#1,071 (237)#467 (92)#255 (15)#313 (5)#896 (3)#690 (42)
2017#1,124 (223)#420 (105)#275 (14)—#579 (6)#710 (41)
2016#1,294 (185)#522 (82)#453 (7)——#915 (29)
2015#1,566 (140)#570 (75)#566 (5)#358 (4)#896 (3)#743 (38)
2014#1,853 (109)#563 (75)#430 (8)#439 (3)#584 (6)#1,229 (20)
2013#2,305 (80)#699 (57)#267 (15)——#1,686 (13)
2012#3,364 (48)#768 (51)#467 (7)——#2,158 (9)
2011#3,496 (45)#673 (58)#430 (8)——#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #627.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 940common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Freyja is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Freyja by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #262MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #353ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #611INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #912FL
Freyja (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#74216

Freyja (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FreyjaCanadaGirls#96628
FreyjaEngland & WalesGirls#381111
FreyjaIrelandGirls#4837
FreyjaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FreyjaScotlandGirls#20419
FreyjaUSGirls#770352