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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Freja

Freja was the 3929th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 3247th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 971 places. More babies were named Freja in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,929 girls, up 872 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
37girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202449 babies
Total since 1880
556babies recorded

Freja popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#3,92937
2020#4,80127
2010#10,68810
2000#13,7326
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How popular is Freja, counting every spelling?

Freja has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Freja?

37 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Freja (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Freja born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 226 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Freja.

Chance of another Freja in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inMinnesotaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Freja?

About 600 people born in the US named Freja are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Freja a young name: most people with it are children.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Freja by state

How common Freja was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMN0.05Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Freja, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Freja

How popular is the name Freja?

Freja was the 3929th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 3247th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 971 places. More babies were named Freja in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Freja a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Freja in the US.

Where is Freja most popular?

In 2021–2025, Freja was most common in Minnesota (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.