Faye

#514 for girls in 2025, 579 births · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #3,601
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 1,420 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
72,142
since 1880

Faye over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Faye has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #146, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#514579
2024#539563
2023#500612
2022#564537
2021#603496
2020#687414
2019#694416
2018#700415
2017#709405
2016#822349
2015#930292
2014#911297
2013#1,008247
2012#1,069234
2011#1,469152
2010#1,414162
2009#1,629137
2008#1,620140
2007#1,770121
2006#1,833111
2005#1,533134
2004#1,734111
2003#2,12582
2002#1,771102
2001#1,99585
2000#1,99883
1999#2,36862
1998#2,49855
1997#2,32857
1996#2,55849
1995#2,68745
1994#2,25558
1993#2,26757
1992#1,71387
1991#1,89474
1990#1,89274
1989#1,70180
1988#1,89165
1987#1,44690
1986#1,249109
1985#1,249109
1984#1,126122
1983#1,30393
1982#1,107127
1981#1,017142
1980#1,125121
1979#905164
1978#919154
1977#952145
1976#992128
1975#917141
1974#871149
1973#958125
1972#848153
1971#750195
1970#729204
1969#653234
1968#614245
1967#602248
1966#573270
1965#519338
1964#464437#3,6016
1963#445477
1962#414556
1961#377657
1960#337782
1959#341772#3,9885
1958#311856#3,0338
1957#298941#3,2577
1956#279974#2,7989
1955#2621,029
1954#2451,097#2,9428
1953#2531,029#3,7985
1952#2261,221#3,0957
1951#2191,237#2,8448
1950#2101,271#2,7708
1949#2071,292
1948#2001,345#2,7888
1947#1931,383#2,35611
1946#1821,422
1945#1691,376#2,5748
1944#1651,353#3,4305
1943#1631,468#2,40510
1942#1751,304#2,38610
1941#1601,377#3,5055
1940#1531,391#1,68017
1939#1611,328#2,6098
1938#1621,323#1,97613
1937#1601,300#2,4799
1936#1621,215#2,18411
1935#1611,257#3,2526
1934#1461,420#2,7428
1933#1531,202#1,90514
1932#1591,223#1,65119
1931#1581,188#2,47110
1930#1771,099#2,17813
1929#1821,080#2,9808
1928#1921,078#3,0768
1927#1871,093#2,03416
1926#1731,219#2,18614
1925#2011,011#2,75510
1924#212920#2,04316
1923#203984#2,22414
1922#210924#2,34713
1921#202989#2,26514
1920#208935#2,23114
1919#202925#2,06315
1918#206932#1,99816
1917#197931#2,09114
1916#204865#1,84916
1915#209790#1,55320
1914#198663#2,6517
1913#194561#1,49713
1912#207459#1,8858
1911#183388#1,5376
1910#208312
1909#217261#1,4405
1908#184311
1907#194268
1906#199239
1905#227189
1904#205214
1903#219190#1,1305
1902#220183#1,1375
1901#226161#1,0585
1900#229194
1899#251125
1898#238153
1897#225148
1896#240132
1895#259118
1894#245121
1893#256107
1892#26997
1891#29870
1890#32959
1889#33455
1888#32056
1887#32842
1886#35636
1885#37330
1884#41623
1883#51714
1882#40720
1881#49112
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Faye was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

See more about Faye
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 25 spots since 2024 (#539#514)
  • 173 spots since 2020 (#687#514)
  • 416 spots since 2015 (#930#514)
  • Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1881 (#628#491)
  • Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1980 (#905#1,125)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1934 at #146 (1,420 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 112 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1880–1979
Share of babies · girls
1 in 735
  • Highest: 1 in 735 girls born in 1934 were named Faye (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,776 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 19.0% of all girls named Faye (13,711) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s296#320 (1888)#417
1890s1,130#225 (1897)#261
1900s2,210#184 (1908)#212
1910s6,826#183 (1911)#201
1920s10,233#173 (1926)#197
1930s12,555#146 (1934)#160
1940s13,711#153 (1940)#177
1950s10,427#210 (1950)#264
1960s4,244#337 (1960)#500
1970s1,558#729 (1970)#884
1980s1,058#1,017 (1981)#1,321
1990s618#1,713 (1992)#2,246
2000s1,106#1,533 (2005)#1,801
2010s2,969#694 (2019)#973
2020s3,201#500 (2023)#568

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.

Faye in 1915

girls
#209
790 births · 1 in 1,245 girls
boys
#1,553
20 births · 1 in 42,429 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #209Faye790

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #1,553Faye20
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 1,245 of them was named Faye, which outranked 95.8% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Faye
  1. #206Ora803
  2. #207Eloise798
  3. #208Frieda792
  4. #209Faye790
  5. #210Joan784
  6. #211Luella783
  7. #212Sallie781
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 42,429 of them was named Faye, which outranked 64.6% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Faye
  1. #1,505West21
  2. #1,505Wilhelm21
  3. #1,505Woody21
  4. #1,553Faye20
  5. #1,553Afton20
  6. #1,553Albino20
  7. #1,553Arlis20
  8. #1,600Addie19
  9. #1,600Adrain19
  10. #1,600Alban19

Tied with 46 names at #1,553; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915