Freya
Usage of Freya in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Freya against each list of names.
Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Freya is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Freya is a Scandinavian name meaning “lady” or “noble lady,” with Freja and Freyja as variants. Freya is the Norse goddess of love. Freya is popular in the U.K. but almost unknown in the U.S.
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Freya in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,746 girls were named Freya, making it the #176 girls' name in the US.
Since 1931, 19,821 girls have been named Freya, with the most (2,183) in 2022.
It is most common, relative to births, in Alaska, Vermont and Wyoming.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
| Australia (New South Wales) |
#49 girls |
129 |
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2025 |
| Australia (Victoria) |
#50 girls |
122 |
Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, 2025 |
| Austria |
#154 girls |
39 |
Statistik Austria, 2025 |
| Belgium (Flanders) |
#179 girls |
30 |
Statbel (Belgian federal statistical office), 2024 |
| Canada (Ontario) |
#76 girls |
123 |
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General, ServiceOntario), 2024 |
| Canada (Quebec) |
#327 girls |
16 |
Retraite Québec (via Données Québec), 2025 |
| England and Wales |
#6 girls |
1,802 |
Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025 |
| France |
#632 girls |
65 |
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), 2025 |
| Germany |
#177 girls |
7 |
Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (Munich city open data), 2025 |
| Ireland |
#25 girls |
144 |
Central Statistics Office (CSO), 2025 |
| Italy |
#584 girls |
20 |
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT), 2024 |
| Kosovo |
#336 girls |
1 |
Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK), name search tool based on Civil Registration Agency data, 2024 |
| Mexico (Mexico City) |
#769 girls |
8 |
Dirección General del Registro Civil de la Ciudad de México (Portal de Datos Abiertos de la CDMX), 2022 |
| Netherlands |
#170 girls |
91 |
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), 2025 |
| New Zealand |
#18 girls |
109 |
Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2025 |
| Northern Ireland (English-speaking) |
#10 girls |
78 |
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), 2025 |
| Northern Ireland (Irish-speaking) |
#10 girls |
78 |
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), 2025 |
| Norway |
#146 girls |
35 |
Statistics Norway (SSB), 2025 |
| Poland |
#266 girls |
18 |
Ministry of Digital Affairs (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji), PESEL register, via dane.gov.pl, 2025 |
| Scotland |
#1 girls |
268 |
National Records of Scotland (NRS), 2025 |
| Spain (Catalonia) |
#286 girls |
12 |
Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Idescat), 2025 |
| Sweden |
#89 girls |
113 |
Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), 2025 |
| Switzerland |
#129 girls |
54 |
Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), BEVNAT, 2025 |
| Switzerland (French-speaking region / Romandy) |
#405 girls |
4 |
Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS/OFS), 2025 |
| Wales |
#6 girls |
96 |
Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025 |
| Belgium (Flanders) |
#468 girls (all ages) |
1,322 |
Statbel (Belgian federal statistical office), 2024 |
| Finland |
#725 girls (all ages) |
328 |
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), 2026 |
| Norway |
#684 girls (all ages) |
444 |
Statistics Norway (SSB), 2025 |
| Sweden |
#770 girls (all ages) |
1,122 |
Statistics Sweden (SCB), 2020 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Freya in other languages
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Freya songs
One song on Wikidata has Freya in its title:
- Freya – The Sword (2007)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Freya
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Freya.
Freya Ross
Freya Stark
Freya Tingley
Freya von Moltke
Fictional characters named Freya
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Freya as a pet name
FurryName has found 407 dogs named Freya in public pet registers, making it the #284 dog name there.
Most of them are registered in Seattle (37), Zurich (13), Port Moody (5).
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FurryName has found 43 cats named Freya in public pet registers, making it the #143 cat name there.
Most of them are registered in Seattle (29), Richmond (2), Golden Plains Shire (1).
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Names popular for both babies and dogs
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