Girls' name · since 2009
Fraya
Fraya has 226 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,564 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,744 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Fraya is the #8744 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 226 recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Fraya recorded 226 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #8744 nationally today, ahead of 49% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #18,564 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,744 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 226 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fraya ranks #18,564 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,744 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 226 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,564 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,744 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fraya's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Fraya compares
226 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Fraya's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fraya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 226 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fraya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fraya's full recorded timeline at 2019, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fraya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Fraya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (113 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Fraya's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Fraya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 113 births (50% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Fraya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.