Recorded 2001–2018 Girls' name Peak 2005 35 births

Faisa — girls' name

35 babies named Faisa in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s252010s10
2000s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Faisa was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

7 babies were named Faisa in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Faisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Faisa between 2001 and 2018, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Faisa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Faisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Faisa 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 35 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.

Faisa at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

35

Since 2001

18 years of records

Peak year

2005

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2001

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2018

Faisa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2001

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2005)
7
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201820162009200520022001 6

Faisa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
25 births that decade — 71% of Faisa's all-time total
2000s252010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Faisa?
35 babies have been named Faisa since 2001. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2005 with 7 births.
When was Faisa most popular?
Faisa was most popular in the 2000s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Faisa been used?
Faisa has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 18 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Faisa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Faith, Faigy, Fairy, Faiga, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2001–2018 (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.