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.

Where Faye is popular in 1932

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedAKMaine: #96 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 401 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedNHWashington: #153 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 800 girlsWAIdaho: #101 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 357 girlsIDMontana: #137 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 567 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #189 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,147 girlsNDMinnesota: #173 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,210 girlsMNIllinois: #272 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,526 girlsILWisconsin: #148 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 959 girlsWIMichigan: #191 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,359 girlsMINew York: #348 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,195 girlsNYMassachusetts: #276 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,739 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedRIOregon: #97 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 413 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #189 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,073 girlsSDIowa: #212 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,616 girlsIAIndiana: #181 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,265 girlsINOhio: #150 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,016 girlsOHPennsylvania: #145 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 905 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #229 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,488 girlsCAUtah: #96 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 392 girlsUTColorado: #178 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 874 girlsCONebraska: #182 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,132 girlsNEMissouri: #150 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 728 girlsMOKentucky: #119 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 497 girlsKYWest Virginia: #125 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 516 girlsWVVirginia: #161 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 766 girlsVAMaryland: #251 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,430 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedDEArizona: #170 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 626 girlsAZNew Mexico: #205 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 788 girlsNMKansas: #165 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 880 girlsKSArkansas: #106 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 436 girlsARTennessee: #115 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 503 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #77 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 296 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #153 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 695 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #131 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 761 girlsDCOklahoma: #92 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 392 girlsOKLouisiana: #176 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 750 girlsLAMississippi: #131 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 512 girlsMSAlabama: #102 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 404 girlsALGeorgia: #148 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 668 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Faye, so not publishedHITexas: #126 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 557 girlsTXFlorida: #123 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 511 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#77 · 1 in 296
  2. Oklahoma#92 · 1 in 392
  3. Utah#96 · 1 in 392
  4. Maine#96 · 1 in 401
  5. Oregon#97 · 1 in 413

Best ever in a state: #35 in Utah, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#771241 in 296
Oklahoma#92561 in 392
Maine#96161 in 401
Utah#96111 in 392
Oregon#97121 in 413
Idaho#10191 in 357
Alabama#102741 in 404
Arkansas#106431 in 436
Tennessee#115541 in 503
Kentucky#119551 in 497
Florida#123241 in 511
West Virginia#125341 in 516
Texas#1261011 in 557
District of Columbia#13151 in 761
Mississippi#131431 in 512
Montana#13761 in 567
Pennsylvania#145821 in 905
Georgia#148461 in 668
Wisconsin#148241 in 959
Missouri#150381 in 728
Ohio#150451 in 1,016
South Carolina#153301 in 695
Washington#153111 in 800
Virginia#161321 in 766
Kansas#165151 in 880
Arizona#17061 in 626
Minnesota#173161 in 1,210
Louisiana#176281 in 750
Colorado#17891 in 874
Indiana#181181 in 1,265
Nebraska#18291 in 1,132
North Dakota#18951 in 1,147
South Dakota#18951 in 1,073
Michigan#191271 in 1,359
New Mexico#20561 in 788
Iowa#212111 in 1,616
California#229231 in 1,488
Maryland#25151 in 2,430
Illinois#272201 in 2,526
Massachusetts#27681 in 3,739
New York#348211 in 4,195
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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 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 →