NameTides

Faith

Faith was the #254 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,212 babies), and #281 in England & Wales and #319 in Canada.

Faith as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Faith as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & WalesIreland
Faith as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#254 (1,212)#281 (162)#198 (20)#111 (19)#413 (9)#319 (99)
2024#248 (1,285)#278 (168)#207 (18)#97 (21)#372 (10)#321 (95)
2023#237 (1,274)#239 (190)#185 (22)#115 (18)#555 (6)#315 (96)
2022#188 (1,568)#207 (242)#133 (32)#85 (25)#420 (9)#360 (84)
2021#165 (1,748)#175 (290)#138 (32)#89 (25)#322 (13)#326 (99)
2020#134 (2,003)#165 (308)#100 (42)#78 (27)#294 (14)#217 (136)
2019#124 (2,276)#148 (343)#129 (37)#66 (34)#271 (17)#175 (159)
2018#122 (2,473)#135 (390)#134 (36)#60 (37)#244 (19)#175 (166)
2017#117 (2,640)#135 (394)#153 (32)#64 (37)#289 (16)#174 (171)
2016#99 (3,093)#118 (484)#127 (38)#51 (45)#187 (27)#153 (194)
2015#90 (3,348)#104 (549)#125 (39)#81 (31)#197 (28)#158 (195)
2014#79 (3,739)#88 (642)#92 (52)#42 (57)#188 (28)#131 (237)
2013#89 (3,419)#74 (735)#91 (55)#56 (40)#172 (33)#104 (286)
2012#75 (3,561)#73 (868)#89 (55)#55 (46)#188 (30)#115 (266)
2011#70 (3,733)#63 (914)#89 (54)#43 (61)#194 (30)#96 (295)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #48.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 890common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 380common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Faith is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Faith by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #237WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #301WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #232MNIllinois: #331ILMichigan: #223MINew York: #311NYMassachusetts: #302MAOregon: #154ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #117SDIowa: #248IAIndiana: #333INOhio: #248OHPennsylvania: #235PANew Jersey: #372NJConnecticut: #220CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #221CAUtah: #310UTColorado: #370CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #265MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #156MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #264AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #164ARTennessee: #226TNNorth Carolina: #297NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #218MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #204GAHawaii: #78HITexas: #259TXFlorida: #223FL
Faith (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#30641
Quebec2025#6696

Faith (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FaithCanadaGirls#31999
FaithEngland & WalesGirls#281162
FaithEngland & WalesBoys—too few
FaithIrelandGirls#4139
FaithNorthern IrelandGirls#11119
FaithNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FaithScotlandGirls#19820
FaithUSGirls#2541,212
FaithUSBoys#8,9108