Girls' name · since 1995
Faina
Faina has 45 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Faina currently ranks #15697 among girls' names in America, with 45 babies recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faina has been recorded 45 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #15697 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #36,161 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,697 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 45 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faina ranks #36,161 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,697 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Faina's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Faina compares
45 15th percentile among 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
Faina's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Faina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Faina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Faina's full recorded timeline at 2012, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Faina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Faina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Faina's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Faina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Faina's data
- Faina's decade-level peak was the 2000s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Faina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Faina 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.