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How popular is “Freya” in the USA?

Number of people named “Freya” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Freya” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Freya” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Freya” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Freya” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Freya” by birth year

This chart shows how “Freya” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 27 0.000011725 27 100%
1941 31 0.000012724 31 100%
1942 30 0.000010982 30 100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 100%
1995 23 0.00000628 23 100%
1996 20 0.000005484 20 100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 100%
1998 21 0.000005709 21 100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 100%
2000 34 0.000008995 34 100%
2001 49 0.00001309 49 100%
2002 45 0.000012038 45 100%
2003 57 0.000014991 57 100%
2004 61 0.000015965 61 100%
2005 67 0.000017426 67 100%
2006 97 0.000024519 97 100%
2007 110 0.000027516 110 100%
2008 127 0.00003231 127 100%
2009 125 0.000032721 125 100%
2010 165 0.000044646 165 100%
2011 207 0.000056592 207 100%
2012 182 0.000049763 182 100%
2013 281 0.000077078 281 100%
2014 517 0.000139489 517 100%
2015 770 0.000208057 770 100%
2016 998 0.000272031 998 100%
2017 1076 0.000300878 1076 100%
2018 1240 0.000352684 1240 100%
2019 1521 0.000438211 1521 100%
2020 1599 0.00047866 1599 100%
2021 1869 0.000551661 1869 100%
2022 2182 0.000644964 2182 100%
2023 2071 0.000625454 2071 100%
2024 1877 0.000563918 1877 100%

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