Faige — girls' name
197 babies named Faige in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Faige was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Faige in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Faige
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Faige between 1955 and 2021, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faige currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Faige performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Faige shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 139 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Faige in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Faige in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 197 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Faige at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Faige popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1955
- Peak year (1979)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
197 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 10 births in a single year.
Faige by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 50 births that decade — 25% of Faige's all-time total
Faige decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Faige's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Faige by state
Where Faige concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 139 | 70.6% |
139 of 197 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 70.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 70.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.