Spellings
Freya or Freyja?
In the US in 2025, 82% of babies in this name family were spelled Freya and 16% Freyja. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Freya already led in 2015, with 82% of the family's births; it has 82% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 938 to 2,135 births (×2).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freya | 770 | 1,746 | ×2 |
| Freyja | 140 | 352 | ×3 |
| Freja | 28 | 37 | +32% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈfreɪə/ (FRAY-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Freya 65 births (#632 among girls) and Freyja 35 births (#981 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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