Faye
Faye is ranked 538th among girls in 2024 (559 births). Its best rank was 146th, in 1934.
- Rank in 2024
- #538down 38 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5590.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19431,468 births
- Best rank
- #146in 1934
- Since 1880
- 71,559people given the name
The story in the numbers
71,559 girls have been named Faye in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1943, with 1,468 births — 0.11% of all girls recorded that year.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1940s alone account for 19%. It has spent 111 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Faye | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 296 | |
| 1890s | 1,130 | |
| 1900s | 2,210 | |
| 1910s | 6,826 | |
| 1920s | 10,233 | |
| 1930s | 12,555 | |
| 1940s | 13,711 | |
| 1950s | 10,427 | |
| 1960s | 4,244 | |
| 1970s | 1,558 | |
| 1980s | 1,058 | |
| 1990s | 618 | |
| 2000s | 1,106 | |
| 2010s | 2,969 | |
| 2020s | 2,618 |
In 1943, its biggest year
Faye was the 163rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1943 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1943.
Names that rose and fell with Faye
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Retapeak 1946
- Melvapeak 1938
- Lorettapeak 1938
- Norenepeak 1931
- Ernestinepeak 1928
- Rethapeak 1924
- Freidapeak 1947
- Arlapeak 1934
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.