# Freyja (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/freyja/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,858 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,858 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,903, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 3,512 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,389 |
| 2013 | 80 | 2,312 |
| 2014 | 109 | 1,857 |
| 2015 | 140 | 1,569 |
| 2016 | 185 | 1,297 |
| 2017 | 223 | 1,125 |
| 2018 | 237 | 1,073 |
| 2019 | 260 | 994 |
| 2020 | 269 | 951 |
| 2021 | 407 | 708 |
| 2022 | 467 | 631 |
| 2023 | 473 | 628 |
| 2024 | 368 | 768 |
| 2025 | 352 | 772 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 673 |
| 2012 | 51 | 768 |
| 2013 | 57 | 699 |
| 2014 | 75 | 563 |
| 2015 | 75 | 570 |
| 2016 | 82 | 522 |
| 2017 | 105 | 420 |
| 2018 | 92 | 467 |
| 2019 | 94 | 448 |
| 2020 | 100 | 426 |
| 2021 | 150 | 313 |
| 2022 | 152 | 294 |
| 2023 | 151 | 291 |
| 2024 | 123 | 358 |
| 2025 | 111 | 381 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.