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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

girls
#159
1,223 births · 1 in 873 girls
boys
#1,651
19 births · 1 in 54,956 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #159Faye1,223

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #1,651Faye19
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 873 of them was named Faye, which outranked 96.9% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Faye
  1. #156Rachel1,254
  2. #157Lula1,230
  3. #158Susan1,227
  4. #159Faye1,223
  5. #160Yvonne1,215
  6. #161Lola1,194
  7. #162Rebecca1,192
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 54,956 of them was named Faye, which outranked 61.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Faye
  1. #1,584Wellington20
  2. #1,584Wilbern20
  3. #1,584Woody20
  4. #1,651Faye19
  5. #1,651Agapito19
  6. #1,651Armin19
  7. #1,651Basilio19
  8. #1,716Alpheus18
  9. #1,716Ardis18
  10. #1,716Asher18

Tied with 64 names at #1,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932