Fae
#3,780 for girls in 2025, 39 births
- Peak · girls
- 1897 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,683since 1889
Fae over time
Rank among girls' names. Fae has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,780 | 39 |
| 2024 | #4,114 | 35 |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 |
| 2021 | #3,390 | 46 |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,221 | 34 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 |
| 1932 | #1,043 | 46 |
| 1931 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,119 | 43 |
| 1928 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1927 | #963 | 62 |
| 1926 | #1,012 | 54 |
| 1925 | #940 | 63 |
| 1924 | #976 | 61 |
| 1923 | #1,054 | 52 |
| 1922 | #1,008 | 55 |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 |
| 1920 | #914 | 63 |
| 1919 | #925 | 58 |
| 1918 | #915 | 61 |
| 1917 | #820 | 70 |
| 1916 | #769 | 79 |
| 1915 | #811 | 65 |
| 1914 | #802 | 52 |
| 1913 | #852 | 38 |
| 1912 | #890 | 32 |
| 1911 | #825 | 27 |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 |
| 1908 | #729 | 28 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 |
| 1904 | #805 | 20 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Fae! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Fae
- 334 spots since 2024 (#4,114 → #3,780)
- 768 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #3,780)
- 2,053 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #3,780)
- Biggest jump: 774 spots in 1899 (#1,502 → #728)
- Biggest drop: 821 spots in 1898 (#681 → #1,502)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1897 at #681 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1908–1921
- Highest: 1 in 11,152 girls born in 1897 were named Fae (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,212 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.9% of all girls named Fae (560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 109 | #681 (1897) | #973 |
| 1900s | 181 | #729 (1908) | #887 |
| 1910s | 513 | #768 (1910) | #838 |
| 1920s | 560 | #914 (1920) | #1,005 |
| 1930s | 318 | #1,043 (1932) | #1,343 |
| 1940s | 202 | #1,559 (1942) | #2,062 |
| 1950s | 168 | #1,772 (1951) | #2,991 |
| 1960s | 60 | #3,460 (1961) | #4,882 |
| 1970s | 39 | #6,484 (1975) | #7,691 |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,144 (1984) | #10,471 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,724 (1997) | #13,724 |
| 2000s | 46 | #10,745 (2000) | #14,033 |
| 2010s | 220 | #4,162 (2019) | #6,206 |
| 2020s | 245 | #3,181 (2023) | #3,747 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Fae in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
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1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 18,978 of them was named Fae, which outranked 83.6% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #910Leo62
- #910Louie62
- #910Vlasta62
- #915Fae61
- #915Delpha61
- #915Elenor61
- #915Eveline61
- #921Christene60
- #921Domenica60
- #921Juliana60
Tied with 5 names at #915; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.