Name profile

Freyja

Icelandic and Old Norse form of Freya.

PronunciationIcelandic /ˈfreiː.ja/; English /ˈfɹeɪ.ə/
Usage languagesIcelandic, Norse Mythology
US rank (2025)#770

Meaning and history

Freyja is the Icelandic and Old Norse form of Freya.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 12 births, rank #9,286
2007: 22 births, rank #6,093
2008: 27 births, rank #5,279
2009: 33 births, rank #4,482
2010: 30 births, rank #4,735
20112011: 45 births, rank #3,496
2012: 48 births, rank #3,364
2013: 80 births, rank #2,305
2014: 109 births, rank #1,853
2015: 140 births, rank #1,566
20162016: 185 births, rank #1,294
2017: 223 births, rank #1,124
2018: 237 births, rank #1,071
2019: 260 births, rank #994
2020: 269 births, rank #951
20212021: 407 births, rank #708
2022: 467 births, rank #631
2023: 473 births, rank #627
2024: 368 births, rank #767
20252025: 352 births, rank #770

Freyja moved from #768 to #772 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2023, with 473 births.