Boys' name · since 2014
Frey
80 babies named Frey in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,412 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Frey is the #10412 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 80 recorded since 2014.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frey has been recorded 80 times among boys since 2014, currently ranked #10412 nationally and more common than 25% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #18,875 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,412 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 80 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frey ranks #18,875 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,412 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 80 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,412 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Frey's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Frey compares
80 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Frey's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Frey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 80 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Frey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Frey splits its recorded history at 2021: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Frey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Frey by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (49 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Frey's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Frey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 49 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Frey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2014–2025 (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 Frey 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.