Frey

#10,017 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Freyr

Frey has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 2014. In 2025 it ranked #10,017 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Frey, 2025

1 in 474,000

Frey over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Frey: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Freyr

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Frey means

Frey is a variant of Freyr.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Frey → Freyr. The family’s meaning is “lord”, recorded in the naming reference for Freyr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Freyr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 boys were recorded with the name Frey between 2014 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2014; its best national rank was #7,739 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,044 in 2020 to #10,017 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Frey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,017; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Frey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Frey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Freys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Frey was born before 2021 — so the typical Frey is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 61.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 80; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 61.3% of all recorded uses (49).

Is Frey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,473; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,027; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 70.0%; Peak was 2014 (10)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,739; 2014

Spellings of Frey

Frey is not the most common spelling — Roy is, with 21.6% against Frey's <0.01%.

Roy21.6%408,638
Fred18.1%343,655
Troy11.4%216,308
Ray10.8%204,701
Corey9.8%185,020
Drew4.1%78,592
Greg4.1%77,706
Rex3.2%60,449

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Frey around the world

Where Frey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2001–2025
#2,952
in 2025
France
2023–2023
#5,606
in 2023
South Australia
1965–1999
#539
in 1999

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Frey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,017
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,027
Best rank ever: #7,739; 2014
Peak year: 2014; 10 that year
First recorded: 2014
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Frey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Freyr Free Orey Rorey Freman Fremon Brey Freddi Drey Freda Fread Caffrey Fredis Elrey Fredys Fredo Emrey Krey Fredrik Darey Shrey Effrey Jorey Frenchie

Sibling names for Frey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Alysa Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar

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