Meaning not yet researched.
Faye: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 579 in 2025. Its best rank was #146 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #146 in 1934; #515 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Faye in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#515 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #146.
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Faye: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 579 girls in 2025. Peak: #146 in 1934 · most girls in one year: 1,468 (1943).
In 2025, 579 US girls were named Faye, making it the 515th most common girls’ name of the year, up 24 places from #539 in 2024. That is 16 more than the 563 girls named Faye in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #146, reached in 1934. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,468, in 1943. For comparison, it was #930 in 2015 and #211 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Faye in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 8 babies with the name. In all, 72,660 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 13,785 babies named Faye.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,786 US girls were named Faye; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 612. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,776 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Faye ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #182 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Fay (36,177 babies since 1880) and Fae (2,683 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Faya and Fayha are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Faya (109), Fayha (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Faye in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 6 | #182 | — |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #184 | — |
| New Mexico | 7 | #223 | — |
| Kansas | 13 | #240 | — |
| Idaho | 9 | #258 | — |
| Utah | 17 | #265 | #436 |
| Massachusetts | 21 | #276 | #426 |
| Oregon | 13 | #279 | #298 |
| Colorado | 18 | #340 | #816 |
| Washington | 21 | #347 | #530 |
| Minnesota | 14 | #384 | #455 |
| Missouri | 15 | #402 | #701 |
| New York | 43 | #407 | #1,032 |
| Michigan | 21 | #413 | — |
| Arizona | 16 | #425 | — |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #430 | — |
| Nevada | 6 | #456 | — |
| Ohio | 23 | #475 | #923 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #484 | — |
| Connecticut | 6 | #493 | #522 |
| Indiana | 14 | #495 | #881 |
| Illinois | 20 | #502 | #646 |
| Iowa | 6 | #521 | — |
| California | 60 | #543 | #781 |
| Maryland | 9 | #568 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #582 | #722 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #619 | — |
| Louisiana | 7 | #633 | — |
| Alabama | 7 | #659 | — |
| Texas | 42 | #715 | #1,242 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #748 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #787 | — |
| New Jersey | 9 | #794 | #883 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #801 | — |
| Georgia | 11 | #874 | — |
| Virginia | 8 | #877 | — |
| Florida | 14 | #1,079 | #1,705 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 579 | #515 | — | — |
| 2024 | 563 | #539 | — | — |
| 2023 | 612 | #500 | — | — |
| 2022 | 537 | #564 | — | — |
| 2021 | 496 | #603 | — | — |
| 2020 | 414 | #688 | — | — |
| 2019 | 416 | #695 | — | — |
| 2018 | 415 | #701 | — | — |
| 2017 | 405 | #709 | — | — |
| 2016 | 349 | #824 | — | — |
| 2015 | 292 | #930 | — | — |
| 2014 | 297 | #913 | — | — |
| 2013 | 247 | #1,010 | — | — |
| 2012 | 234 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,475 | — | — |
| 2010 | 162 | #1,415 | — | — |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,633 | — | — |
| 2008 | 140 | #1,623 | — | — |
| 2007 | 121 | #1,774 | — | — |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,836 | — | — |
| 2005 | 134 | #1,536 | — | — |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,740 | — | — |
| 2003 | 82 | #2,132 | — | — |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,775 | — | — |
| 2001 | 85 | #2,000 | — | — |
| 2000 | 83 | #2,003 | — | — |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,378 | — | — |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,507 | — | — |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,336 | — | — |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,567 | — | — |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,698 | — | — |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,270 | — | — |
| 1993 | 57 | #2,276 | — | — |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,720 | — | — |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,903 | — | — |
| 1990 | 74 | #1,898 | — | — |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,705 | — | — |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,896 | — | — |
| 1987 | 90 | #1,451 | — | — |
| 1986 | 109 | #1,250 | — | — |
| 1985 | 109 | #1,252 | — | — |
| 1984 | 122 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 1983 | 93 | #1,305 | — | — |
| 1982 | 127 | #1,108 | — | — |
| 1981 | 142 | #1,019 | — | — |
| 1980 | 121 | #1,126 | — | — |
| 1979 | 164 | #907 | — | — |
| 1978 | 154 | #920 | — | — |
| 1977 | 145 | #953 | — | — |
| 1976 | 128 | #993 | — | — |
| 1975 | 141 | #920 | — | — |
| 1974 | 149 | #872 | — | — |
| 1973 | 125 | #960 | — | — |
| 1972 | 153 | #850 | — | — |
| 1971 | 195 | #750 | — | — |
| 1970 | 204 | #730 | — | — |
| 1969 | 234 | #654 | — | — |
| 1968 | 245 | #614 | — | — |
| 1967 | 248 | #602 | — | — |
| 1966 | 270 | #574 | — | — |
| 1965 | 338 | #519 | — | — |
| 1964 | 437 | #464 | 6 | #3,754 |
| 1963 | 477 | #445 | — | — |
| 1962 | 556 | #414 | — | — |
| 1961 | 657 | #377 | — | — |
| 1960 | 782 | #337 | — | — |
| 1959 | 772 | #341 | 5 | #4,185 |
| 1958 | 856 | #312 | 8 | #3,124 |
| 1957 | 941 | #298 | 7 | #3,349 |
| 1956 | 974 | #279 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1955 | 1,029 | #263 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1,097 | #245 | 8 | #3,027 |
| 1953 | 1,029 | #253 | 5 | #3,997 |
| 1952 | 1,221 | #226 | 7 | #3,189 |
| 1951 | 1,237 | #219 | 8 | #2,913 |
| 1950 | 1,271 | #211 | 8 | #2,855 |
| 1949 | 1,292 | #207 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,345 | #200 | 8 | #2,860 |
| 1947 | 1,383 | #193 | 11 | #2,414 |
| 1946 | 1,422 | #182 | — | — |
| 1945 | 1,376 | #169 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1944 | 1,353 | #165 | 5 | #3,591 |
| 1943 | 1,468 | #163 | 10 | #2,455 |
| 1942 | 1,304 | #175 | 10 | #2,430 |
| 1941 | 1,377 | #160 | 5 | #3,672 |
| 1940 | 1,391 | #153 | 17 | #1,702 |
| 1939 | 1,328 | #161 | 8 | #2,679 |
| 1938 | 1,323 | #162 | 13 | #2,016 |
| 1937 | 1,300 | #160 | 9 | #2,557 |
| 1936 | 1,215 | #162 | 11 | #2,221 |
| 1935 | 1,257 | #161 | 6 | #3,386 |
| 1934 | 1,420 | #146 | 8 | #2,817 |
| 1933 | 1,202 | #153 | 14 | #1,942 |
| 1932 | 1,223 | #159 | 19 | #1,676 |
| 1931 | 1,188 | #158 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 1930 | 1,099 | #177 | 13 | #2,219 |
| 1929 | 1,080 | #183 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1928 | 1,078 | #192 | 8 | #3,180 |
| 1927 | 1,093 | #187 | 16 | #2,071 |
| 1926 | 1,219 | #173 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1925 | 1,011 | #201 | 10 | #2,817 |
| 1924 | 920 | #212 | 16 | #2,078 |
| 1923 | 984 | #203 | 14 | #2,261 |
| 1922 | 924 | #210 | 13 | #2,385 |
| 1921 | 989 | #202 | 14 | #2,291 |
| 1920 | 935 | #208 | 14 | #2,256 |
| 1919 | 925 | #202 | 15 | #2,093 |
| 1918 | 932 | #206 | 16 | #2,024 |
| 1917 | 931 | #197 | 14 | #2,120 |
| 1916 | 865 | #204 | 16 | #1,879 |
| 1915 | 790 | #209 | 20 | #1,573 |
| 1914 | 663 | #199 | 7 | #2,747 |
| 1913 | 561 | #194 | 13 | #1,528 |
| 1912 | 459 | #208 | 8 | #1,941 |
| 1911 | 388 | #184 | 6 | #1,605 |
| 1910 | 312 | #208 | — | — |
| 1909 | 261 | #217 | 5 | #1,531 |
| 1908 | 311 | #184 | — | — |
| 1907 | 268 | #194 | — | — |
| 1906 | 239 | #199 | — | — |
| 1905 | 189 | #228 | — | — |
| 1904 | 214 | #205 | — | — |
| 1903 | 190 | #220 | 5 | #1,183 |
| 1902 | 183 | #220 | 5 | #1,193 |
| 1901 | 161 | #226 | 5 | #1,109 |
| 1900 | 194 | #229 | — | — |
| 1899 | 125 | #251 | — | — |
| 1898 | 153 | #238 | — | — |
| 1897 | 148 | #225 | — | — |
| 1896 | 132 | #240 | — | — |
| 1895 | 118 | #260 | — | — |
| 1894 | 121 | #246 | — | — |
| 1893 | 107 | #256 | — | — |
| 1892 | 97 | #271 | — | — |
| 1891 | 70 | #298 | — | — |
| 1890 | 59 | #329 | — | — |
| 1889 | 55 | #336 | — | — |
| 1888 | 56 | #320 | — | — |
| 1887 | 42 | #330 | — | — |
| 1886 | 36 | #357 | — | — |
| 1885 | 30 | #376 | — | — |
| 1884 | 23 | #419 | — | — |
| 1883 | 14 | #529 | — | — |
| 1882 | 20 | #410 | — | — |
| 1881 | 12 | #494 | — | — |
| 1880 | 8 | #647 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).