Faith
#254 for girls in 2025, 1,212 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2002 · 5,527 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 147,851since 1880
Faith over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #254 | 1,212 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #248 | 1,285 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #237 | 1,274 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #188 | 1,568 | — | |
| 2021 | #165 | 1,748 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #134 | 2,003 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #124 | 2,276 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #122 | 2,473 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #117 | 2,640 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #99 | 3,093 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #90 | 3,348 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #79 | 3,739 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #89 | 3,419 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #75 | 3,561 | — | |
| 2011 | #70 | 3,733 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #74 | 3,705 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #79 | 3,771 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #90 | 3,636 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #74 | 4,307 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #62 | 4,864 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #49 | 5,256 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #52 | 5,421 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #50 | 5,597 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #48 | 5,527 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #53 | 5,411 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #66 | 4,999 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #76 | 4,236 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #107 | 3,217 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #124 | 2,577 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #149 | 2,159 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #173 | 1,747 | — | |
| 1994 | #219 | 1,305 | — | |
| 1993 | #245 | 1,134 | — | |
| 1992 | #244 | 1,140 | — | |
| 1991 | #260 | 1,074 | — | |
| 1990 | #296 | 940 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #364 | 707 | — | |
| 1988 | #383 | 621 | — | |
| 1987 | #405 | 561 | — | |
| 1986 | #371 | 634 | — | |
| 1985 | #405 | 558 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #363 | 635 | — | |
| 1983 | #344 | 663 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #345 | 686 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #305 | 795 | — | |
| 1980 | #305 | 806 | — | |
| 1979 | #283 | 861 | — | |
| 1978 | #276 | 840 | — | |
| 1977 | #294 | 803 | — | |
| 1976 | #342 | 637 | — | |
| 1975 | #374 | 556 | — | |
| 1974 | #383 | 542 | — | |
| 1973 | #396 | 512 | — | |
| 1972 | #392 | 526 | — | |
| 1971 | #404 | 529 | — | |
| 1970 | #412 | 550 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #422 | 523 | — | |
| 1968 | #404 | 533 | — | |
| 1967 | #373 | 595 | — | |
| 1966 | #355 | 654 | — | |
| 1965 | #342 | 708 | — | |
| 1964 | #336 | 806 | — | |
| 1963 | #335 | 794 | — | |
| 1962 | #352 | 729 | — | |
| 1961 | #335 | 783 | — | |
| 1960 | #318 | 875 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #323 | 839 | — | |
| 1958 | #337 | 786 | — | |
| 1957 | #318 | 827 | — | |
| 1956 | #314 | 779 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #304 | 800 | — | |
| 1954 | #326 | 676 | — | |
| 1953 | #337 | 604 | — | |
| 1952 | #337 | 602 | — | |
| 1951 | #327 | 588 | — | |
| 1950 | #378 | 457 | — | |
| 1949 | #406 | 387 | — | |
| 1948 | #397 | 400 | — | |
| 1947 | #374 | 459 | — | |
| 1946 | #363 | 436 | — | |
| 1945 | #334 | 424 | — | |
| 1944 | #319 | 447 | — | |
| 1943 | #290 | 570 | — | |
| 1942 | #286 | 571 | — | |
| 1941 | #299 | 463 | — | |
| 1940 | #330 | 371 | — | |
| 1939 | #316 | 383 | — | |
| 1938 | #360 | 327 | — | |
| 1937 | #347 | 339 | — | |
| 1936 | #329 | 354 | — | |
| 1935 | #363 | 301 | — | |
| 1934 | #350 | 325 | — | |
| 1933 | #342 | 330 | — | |
| 1932 | #344 | 340 | — | |
| 1931 | #401 | 261 | — | |
| 1930 | #447 | 230 | — | |
| 1929 | #478 | 199 | — | |
| 1928 | #471 | 212 | — | |
| 1927 | #475 | 216 | — | |
| 1926 | #451 | 225 | — | |
| 1925 | #460 | 225 | — | |
| 1924 | #455 | 232 | — | |
| 1923 | #464 | 222 | — | |
| 1922 | #464 | 219 | — | |
| 1921 | #512 | 190 | — | |
| 1920 | #562 | 164 | — | |
| 1919 | #558 | 152 | — | |
| 1918 | #529 | 174 | — | |
| 1917 | #534 | 156 | — | |
| 1916 | #636 | 113 | — | |
| 1915 | #576 | 126 | — | |
| 1914 | #595 | 91 | — | |
| 1913 | #573 | 79 | — | |
| 1912 | #596 | 67 | — | |
| 1911 | #624 | 47 | — | |
| 1910 | #710 | 35 | — | |
| 1909 | #624 | 39 | — | |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | — | |
| 1906 | #562 | 39 | — | |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 | — | |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #611 | 33 | — | |
| 1899 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 | — | |
| 1897 | #615 | 25 | — | |
| 1896 | #594 | 27 | — | |
| 1895 | #685 | 21 | — | |
| 1894 | #609 | 23 | — | |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 | — | |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 | — | |
| 1891 | #497 | 27 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #641 | 16 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | #556 | 16 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Faith was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Faith is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Indiana#192 · 1 in 1,163
- Kentucky#204 · 1 in 1,194
- Virginia#206 · 1 in 1,156
- Oklahoma#213 · 1 in 1,182
- Montana#214 · 1 in 949
Best ever in a state: #9 in Hawaii, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #192 | 30 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Kentucky | #204 | 20 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Virginia | #206 | 26 | 1 in 1,156 |
| Oklahoma | #213 | 17 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Montana | #214 | 5 | 1 in 949 |
| Michigan | #217 | 43 | 1 in 1,364 |
| Florida | #227 | 41 | 1 in 1,319 |
| Pennsylvania | #232 | 48 | 1 in 1,445 |
| New Jersey | #233 | 28 | 1 in 1,331 |
| West Virginia | #237 | 8 | 1 in 1,440 |
| North Carolina | #241 | 23 | 1 in 1,441 |
| South Carolina | #246 | 13 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Massachusetts | #257 | 18 | 1 in 1,757 |
| Ohio | #259 | 39 | 1 in 1,853 |
| Georgia | #267 | 22 | 1 in 1,583 |
| Mississippi | #268 | 11 | 1 in 1,440 |
| Hawaii | #270 | 5 | 1 in 972 |
| Colorado | #276 | 13 | 1 in 1,597 |
| New York | #278 | 60 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Kansas | #280 | 9 | 1 in 1,719 |
| Arizona | #288 | 13 | 1 in 1,535 |
| Missouri | #289 | 16 | 1 in 2,005 |
| Wisconsin | #291 | 14 | 1 in 2,227 |
| New Mexico | #323 | 6 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Maryland | #330 | 10 | 1 in 2,096 |
| Iowa | #331 | 8 | 1 in 2,427 |
| Tennessee | #346 | 11 | 1 in 2,536 |
| Utah | #374 | 7 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Illinois | #381 | 29 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Arkansas | #383 | 5 | 1 in 2,544 |
| Alabama | #386 | 9 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Washington | #388 | 11 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 12 | 1 in 2,552 |
| Texas | #405 | 48 | 1 in 2,578 |
| Oregon | #424 | 6 | 1 in 2,828 |
| California | #450 | 65 | 1 in 2,789 |
| Minnesota | #451 | 7 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 6 spots since 2024 (#248 → #254)
- 120 spots since 2020 (#134 → #254)
- 164 spots since 2015 (#90 → #254)
- Biggest jump: 423 spots in 1888 (#1,147 → #724)
- Biggest drop: 591 spots in 1887 (#556 → #1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
122 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2002 at #48 (5,527 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1999–2016
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1888–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 325
- Highest: 1 in 325 girls born in 2002 were named Faith (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,326 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 33.0% of all girls named Faith (48,789) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 86 | #556 (1886) | #766 |
| 1890s | 234 | #497 (1891) | #636 |
| 1900s | 294 | #562 (1906) | #671 |
| 1910s | 1,040 | #529 (1918) | #593 |
| 1920s | 2,104 | #451 (1926) | #479 |
| 1930s | 3,190 | #316 (1939) | #360 |
| 1940s | 4,528 | #286 (1942) | #340 |
| 1950s | 6,958 | #304 (1955) | #330 |
| 1960s | 7,000 | #318 (1960) | #357 |
| 1970s | 6,356 | #276 (1978) | #356 |
| 1980s | 6,666 | #305 (1980) | #359 |
| 1990s | 19,529 | #76 (1999) | #189 |
| 2000s | 48,789 | #48 (2002) | #62 |
| 2010s | 31,987 | #70 (2011) | #94 |
| 2020s | 9,090 | #134 (2020) | #204 |
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.
Faith in 1981
girls
#305
795 births · 1 in 2,098 girls
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 2,098 of them was named Faith, which outranked 97.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Faith
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.