girls:
16.2k births since 1931
#1178 (79th percentile)
overall:
16.2k births since 1931
#2036 (74th percentile)
The name Freya is the #2,036 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,172 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 73.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,178 (79.4% percentile) for all time with 16,172 births since 1931.
Freya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (first recorded for girls in 1931). Birth data for Freya is available in 80 out of the 93 years between 1931 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Freya reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 86.8% percentile (ranked #127) with 1,216 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 1,216 births per million (ranked 86.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Freya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #133 (86.0% percentile) with 1,178 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Freya".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Freya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Freya is pronounced as FRAY-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FREH-yuh, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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