NameTides

Faye

Faye was the #514 girls' name in the US in 2025 (579 babies), and #333 in England & Wales and #484 in Canada.

Faye as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Faye 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Faye 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#514 (579)#333 (130)#242 (15)#121 (17)#80 (61)#484 (63)
2024#539 (563)#304 (142)#196 (19)#67 (30)#68 (82)#487 (61)
2023#500 (612)#281 (160)#185 (22)#70 (29)#69 (84)#541 (54)
2022#564 (537)#378 (113)#238 (16)#103 (21)#55 (95)#569 (50)
2021#603 (496)#289 (164)#216 (19)#75 (29)#53 (113)#464 (65)
2020#687 (414)#302 (154)#241 (15)#76 (28)#65 (84)#633 (45)
2019#694 (416)#319 (148)#267 (14)#66 (34)#47 (123)#719 (41)
2018#700 (415)#266 (182)#255 (15)#58 (39)#46 (123)#670 (44)
2017#709 (405)#284 (172)#201 (22)#54 (41)#50 (125)#614 (49)
2016#822 (349)#239 (215)#196 (24)#71 (36)#47 (132)#563 (55)
2015#930 (292)#255 (195)#191 (23)#64 (38)#44 (139)#711 (40)
2014#911 (297)#203 (262)#230 (20)#66 (35)#52 (129)#731 (38)
2013#1,008 (247)#182 (287)#188 (24)#48 (49)#49 (136)#864 (31)
2012#1,069 (234)#144 (393)#135 (34)#68 (38)#43 (163)#785 (35)
2011#1,469 (152)#142 (393)#266 (16)#84 (29)#49 (156)#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1934 at #146.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 430common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 350common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Faye is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Faye by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #420WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #343WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #494ILMichigan: #406MINew York: #403NYMassachusetts: #273MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #473OHPennsylvania: #576PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #542CAUtah: #260UTColorado: #337CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #233KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #713TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Faye (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#40032

Faye (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
FayeCanadaGirls#48463
FayeEngland & WalesGirls#333130
FayeIrelandGirls#8061
FayeNorthern IrelandGirls#12117
FayeScotlandGirls#24215
FayeUSGirls#514579
FayeUSBoys—too few