Fraya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fraya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fraya: Recorded since 1996, it reached #758 in 2010, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#758highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2000	#2416
2001	#2023
2002	#1530
2003	#1628
2004	#1836
2005	#1934
2006	#1087
2007	#1126
2008	#1065
2009	#1171
2010	#965
2011	#1149
2012	#998
2013	#1220
2014	#1456
2015	#1549
2016	#1920
2017	#2341
2018	#2499
2019	#2869
2020	#4535
2021	#3519
2022	#3970
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3970 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2022
Highest recorded position: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2010–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Fraya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 399 births with the name.

Fraya across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Fraya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#965 (2010)	#4843 (2024)	25 of 29	399 (1996–2024)	36 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#758 (2010)	#758 (2010)	#905 (2022)	7 of 13	22 (2010–2022)	4 (2010)

Fraya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fraya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	164	10 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	213	10 of 10	21
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Fraya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Fraya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1220	28	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#998	36	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1149	29	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#965	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1171	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1065	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1126	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1087	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #758, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Fraser · #92, 30y
Frasier · #1000, 26y
Frazer · #240, 29y
Fred · #39, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emili · #758, 21y
Emilly · #758, 29y
Nael · #757, 20y
Donny · #755, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alexie · #758, 19y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Ellouise · #758, 28y
Emilly · #758, 29y

Fraya was ranked #758 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Fraya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fraya without appearing here.

Fraya moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3998.
Therese Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3998.
Helene Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #3409.

Moved ahead of Fraya

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.
Cecilie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3695.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Fraya

Frida Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fraya went from #2416 to #4843 while Frida went from #3912 to #811.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fraya went from #2023 to #4843 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Meabh Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fraya went from #1530 to #4843 while Meabh went from #2868 to #952.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fraya went from #1836 to #4843 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Fraya

Finley Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fraya went from #2416 to #4843 and Finley from #1250 to #3318.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fraya went from #2416 to #4843 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fraya went from #1530 to #4843 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fraya

Fraya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fraya across 2 official records

Fraya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fraya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Fraya at a glance

Fraya across 2 official records

Fraya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fraya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Fraya

Fraya and the names beside it

Fraya moved ahead of

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