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How popular is the name Freja?
Births per year, rank history and how many Frejas are alive today.
Freja (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Freya in England and Wales, ranked 922nd in 2025 with 38 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2005, when 40 babies were given the name, the 736th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2021, with 39 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1501 in 2014 before climbing back to the 922nd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Freya you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Freyas born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 55,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 16% chance that at least one of them will be called Freya.
How many babies are named Freja each year?
Includes all spellings: Freja, Freya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Freja spelling rank?
Where does the Freya spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Freja most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Freya, peaked in 2011, when 2,640 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Freja spelling itself peaked in 2005, with 40 babies.
How many people are called Freja?
At least 55,000 people named Freja in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Freja?
Most living Frejas are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 15.
Is Freja becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.