Fae

#3,780 for girls in 2025, 39 births

Peak · girls
1897 · 21 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,683
since 1889

Fae over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Fae has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #681, 1897girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,78039
2024#4,11435
2023#3,18151
2022#3,47045
2021#3,39046
2020#4,54829
2019#4,16234
2018#5,00726
2017#5,33824
2016#4,73429
2015#5,83322
2014#5,79722
2013#6,46219
2012#6,34120
2011#9,15012
2010#9,23112
2009#13,7047
2008#17,5045
2007#13,9247
2006#12,4208
2005#14,5026
2004—
2003—
2002#15,4325
2001—
2000#10,7458
1999—
1998—
1997#13,7245
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988#11,7985
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984#9,1446
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980—
1979#9,0106
1978—
1977#8,4446
1976#7,2967
1975#6,4848
1974—
1973—
1972#8,2925
1971#6,6197
1970—
1969—
1968—
1967—
1966#6,5645
1965#4,8318
1964#5,4747
1963#4,5399
1962#4,5339
1961#3,46014
1960#4,7738
1959#2,86917
1958#3,92510
1957#4,5368
1956#3,91010
1955#3,09514
1954#3,32512
1953#2,36320
1952#1,93427
1951#1,77230
1950#2,18520
1949#1,96724
1948#2,32918
1947#2,08922
1946#2,48215
1945#2,91610
1944#2,19916
1943#1,79123
1942#1,55928
1941#1,61024
1940#1,68222
1939#1,88118
1938#1,70321
1937#1,28232
1936#1,37528
1935#1,26432
1934#1,22134
1933#1,08541
1932#1,04346
1931#1,28732
1930#1,28934
1929#1,11943
1928#1,11546
1927#96362
1926#1,01254
1925#94063
1924#97661
1923#1,05452
1922#1,00855
1921#94661
1920#91463
1919#92558
1918#91561
1917#82070
1916#76979
1915#81165
1914#80252
1913#85238
1912#89032
1911#82527
1910#76831
1909#86822
1908#72928
1907#1,14212
1906#74224
1905#92616
1904#80520
1903#89615
1902#87216
1901#91813
1900#97015
1899#72819
1898#1,5026
1897#68121
1896#90313
1895#81515
1894#1,0619
1893#95510
1892#1,0179
1891#1,0937
1890—
1889#1,1476
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Fae! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Fae is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedCAUtah: #143 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 525 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Fae, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#143 · 1 in 525

Best ever in a state: #134 in Utah, 1924.

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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.

See more about Fae
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 334 spots since 2024 (#4,114 → #3,780)
  • 768 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #3,780)
  • 2,053 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #3,780)
  • Biggest jump: 774 spots in 1899 (#1,502 → #728)
  • Biggest drop: 821 spots in 1898 (#681 → #1,502)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1897 at #681 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1908–1921
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,152
  • Highest: 1 in 11,152 girls born in 1897 were named Fae (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,212 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.9% of all girls named Fae (560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s109#681 (1897)#973
1900s181#729 (1908)#887
1910s513#768 (1910)#838
1920s560#914 (1920)#1,005
1930s318#1,043 (1932)#1,343
1940s202#1,559 (1942)#2,062
1950s168#1,772 (1951)#2,991
1960s60#3,460 (1961)#4,882
1970s39#6,484 (1975)#7,691
1980s11#9,144 (1984)#10,471
1990s5#13,724 (1997)#13,724
2000s46#10,745 (2000)#14,033
2010s220#4,162 (2019)#6,206
2020s245#3,181 (2023)#3,747

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.

Fae in 1918

girls
#915
61 births · 1 in 18,978 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #915Fae61
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 18,978 of them was named Fae, which outranked 83.6% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fae
  1. #910Leo62
  2. #910Louie62
  3. #910Vlasta62
  4. #915Fae61
  5. #915Delpha61
  6. #915Elenor61
  7. #915Eveline61
  8. #921Christene60
  9. #921Domenica60
  10. #921Juliana60

Tied with 5 names at #915; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →