NameTides

Favor

Favor was the #4,546 girls' name in the US in 2025 (30 babies).

Favor as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Favor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Favor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#4,546 (30)——
2024#4,473 (31)——
2023#5,248 (24)—#2,900 (6)
2022#4,671 (29)——
2021#4,413 (31)——
2020#7,212 (15)——
2019#4,909 (27)——
2018#5,152 (25)——
2017#7,442 (15)——
2016#5,796 (22)—#2,892 (6)
2015#4,981 (27)——
2014#4,768 (29)——
2013#5,013 (27)——
2012#5,557 (24)——
2011#6,564 (19)#4,764 (4)—

Favor as a boy’s name

  • US
Favor as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.0118801900192019401960198020002020US
Favor as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.011880192019602000
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
YearUS
2025#8,243 (9)
2024#8,987 (8)
2023#8,255 (9)
2022#6,828 (12)
2021#8,166 (9)
2019#7,643 (10)
2018#8,154 (9)
2017#7,095 (11)
2015#12,086 (5)
2013#9,655 (7)
2012#10,770 (6)
2011#5,945 (14)
2010#12,231 (5)
2008#7,698 (10)
2007#12,367 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #4,413.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2002.
  • In 2025, 77% of US babies named Favor were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 53,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Favor is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 55,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 44,000 to 1 in 69,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FavorCanadaGirls—too few
FavorEngland & WalesGirls—too few
FavorUSGirls#4,54630
FavorUSBoys#8,2439