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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | |
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.
See more about Faith
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2002 at #48 (5,527 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1999–2016
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1888–2025
- Highest: 1 in 325 girls born in 2002 were named Faith (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,326 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 549 of them was named Faith, which outranked 99.4% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 318,561 of them was named Faith, which outranked 25.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,560Ziyad7
- #7,560Zong7
- #7,560Zoran7
- #8,479Faith6
- #8,479Abby6
- #8,479Abd6
- #8,479Abdi6
- #9,631Aadil5
- #9,631Aaliyah5
- #9,631Aaronmichael5
Tied with 1,151 names at #8,479; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.