Fain — boys' name

What the Data Says About Fain

The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Fain between 1920 and 2016, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fain currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Fain is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1954.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fain performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Fain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fain 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 71 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.