Girls' name · since 1979
Faiga
Faiga has 1,474 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,471 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,474
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Faiga is the #2471 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,474 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Faiga recorded 1,474 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #2471 nationally today, ahead of 86% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #5,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,471 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,474 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faiga ranks #5,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,471 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,474 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,471 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,474
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Faiga's 1,474 recorded births place it above 92.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Faiga compares
1,474 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Faiga's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Faiga | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,474 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 74 | 21 | 19,840 |
Faiga's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Faiga's full recorded timeline at 2004, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 74 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Faiga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 74
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Faiga by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (526 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Faiga's strongest decade.
526 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Faiga births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 151
1990s
151 births
- 2000s
2000s
357 births
- 2010s
2010s
526 births
- 2020s
2020s
391 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 526 births (36% of all-time use).
How Faiga compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Faiga's total volume
Faiga by state
Where Faiga concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 905 | 61.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 363 | 24.6% |
905 of 1,474 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Faiga's data
- Faiga's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (526 total births) through the 2020s (391) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Faigas (905 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Faiga: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Faiga draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.