Fraya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FRAY-a
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Fraya is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “lady”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Fraya mean?
Old Norse: spelling of Freya
“lady”
Freyja was the Norse goddess of love and fertility, who rode in a chariot pulled by cats.
Is Fraya a girl's or a boy's name?
Fraya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fraya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Fraya, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 40 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fraya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,329 girls in the UK were given Fraya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #6, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Fraya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 38 | #1,019 |
| 2011 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 2010 | 40 | #936 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 31 | #1,064 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Fraya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Fraya, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had fewer girls named Fraya than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Fraya in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,152 girls in the US were given Fraya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #165, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Fraya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Names like Fraya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayra Hafsa Zainab Safaa Rahma Raya Abeeha Aiza Hiba Zaya Nusaybah
Other spellings of Fraya
Names related to Fraya
More Old Norse names
Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica Raife Ivar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fraya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fraya, updated 20 October 2026.