Evelyn or Freya

Evelyn is the more popular girl name in Canada, #15 to #85 in 2024. Freya is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #6 to #12 in 2025. Evelyn is the more popular girl name in the USA, #8 to #159 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Evelyn against Freya, in that place's most recent complete year.EvelynFreya#1#100#250#500Canada#15 → #85 ↓70England and Wales#12 → #6 ↑6USA#8 → #159 ↓151Alberta#11 → #78 ↓67British Columbia#10 → #49 ↓39Ontario#12 → #77 ↓65Quebec#180 → #367 ↓187
PlaceYear Evelyn Freya Ahead
Canada2024#15#85Evelyn
England and Wales2025#12#6Freya
USA2024#8#159Evelyn
Alberta2024#11#78Evelyn
British Columbia2024#10#49Evelyn
Ontario2024#12#77Evelyn
Quebec2024#180#367Evelyn

Evelyn and Freya in Canada, 2020–2024

Evelyn climbed from #16 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in Canada. Freya climbed from #126 in 2020 to #85 in 2024 in Canada.

Evelyn and Freya ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#15 Evelyn#85 Freya20202021202220232024

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Evelyn and Freya in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Evelyn climbed from #21 in 2020 to #12 in 2025 in England and Wales. Freya climbed from #12 in 2020 to #6 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Evelyn and Freya ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#6 Freya#12 Evelyn202020212022202320242025

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Evelyn and Freya in the USA, 2020–2024

Evelyn climbed from #9 in 2020 to #8 in 2024 in the USA. Freya climbed from #178 in 2020 to #159 in 2024 in the USA.

Evelyn and Freya ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#8 Evelyn#159 Freya20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.