Faith
Faith was given to 1,212 girls in 2025, #254 among girls’ names; 148,142 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 136,000 Americans named Faith and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 15 and 31.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Faith by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Faith mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Faith is “a female given name from English.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Faith?
#254 among girls’ names, 2025
Faith fell from #90 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 1.9 to 0.75 per 1,000.
5,612 babies in 2003, the peak
Faith peaked in 2003, when 5,612 babies were given it (5,597 girls, #50 among girls’ names). The 1,220 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 22% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,212 | #254 | 0.75 |
| 2024 | 1,285 | #248 | 0.79 |
| 2023 | 1,274 | #237 | 0.79 |
| 2022 | 1,568 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 1,748 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 2,003 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 2,276 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 2,473 | #122 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 2,640 | #117 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 3,093 | #99 | 1.7 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,348 | #90 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 3,739 | #79 | 2.1 |
| 2013 | 3,419 | #89 | 1.9 |
| 2012 | 3,561 | #75 | 2.0 |
| 2011 | 3,733 | #70 | 2.1 |
| 2010 | 3,705 | #74 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | 3,771 | #79 | 2.1 |
| 2008 | 3,636 | #90 | 1.9 |
| 2007 | 4,307 | #74 | 2.2 |
| 2006 | 4,864 | #62 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | 5,256 | #49 | 2.8 |
| 2004 | 5,421 | #52 | 3.0 |
| 2003 | 5,597 | #50 | 3.1 |
| 2002 | 5,527 | #48 | 3.1 |
| 2001 | 5,411 | #53 | 3.0 |
| 2000 | 4,999 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | 4,236 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1998 | 3,217 | #107 | 1.8 |
| 1997 | 2,577 | #124 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 2,159 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 1,747 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1994 | 1,305 | #219 | 0.73 |
| 1993 | 1,134 | #245 | 0.63 |
| 1992 | 1,140 | #245 | 0.62 |
| 1991 | 1,074 | #260 | 0.57 |
| 1990 | 940 | #296 | 0.50 |
| 1989 | 707 | #364 | 0.38 |
| 1988 | 621 | #383 | 0.35 |
| 1987 | 561 | #405 | 0.32 |
| 1986 | 634 | #371 | 0.37 |
| 1985 | 558 | #405 | 0.32 |
| 1984 | 635 | #364 | 0.38 |
| 1983 | 663 | #344 | 0.40 |
| 1982 | 686 | #345 | 0.41 |
| 1981 | 795 | #305 | 0.48 |
| 1980 | 806 | #305 | 0.49 |
| 1979 | 861 | #283 | 0.54 |
| 1978 | 840 | #276 | 0.55 |
| 1977 | 803 | #294 | 0.52 |
| 1976 | 637 | #342 | 0.43 |
| 1975 | 556 | #374 | 0.38 |
| 1974 | 542 | #383 | 0.37 |
| 1973 | 512 | #396 | 0.35 |
| 1972 | 526 | #392 | 0.35 |
| 1971 | 529 | #404 | 0.32 |
| 1970 | 550 | #412 | 0.31 |
| 1969 | 523 | #422 | 0.31 |
| 1968 | 533 | #404 | 0.32 |
| 1967 | 595 | #373 | 0.36 |
| 1966 | 654 | #355 | 0.39 |
| 1965 | 708 | #342 | 0.40 |
| 1964 | 806 | #336 | 0.43 |
| 1963 | 794 | #335 | 0.41 |
| 1962 | 729 | #352 | 0.37 |
| 1961 | 783 | #335 | 0.39 |
| 1960 | 875 | #318 | 0.43 |
| 1959 | 839 | #323 | 0.41 |
| 1958 | 786 | #337 | 0.39 |
| 1957 | 827 | #318 | 0.40 |
| 1956 | 779 | #314 | 0.39 |
| 1955 | 800 | #304 | 0.41 |
| 1954 | 676 | #326 | 0.35 |
| 1953 | 604 | #337 | 0.32 |
| 1952 | 602 | #336 | 0.32 |
| 1951 | 588 | #327 | 0.33 |
| 1950 | 457 | #377 | 0.27 |
| 1949 | 387 | #405 | 0.23 |
| 1948 | 400 | #397 | 0.24 |
| 1947 | 459 | #374 | 0.26 |
| 1946 | 436 | #363 | 0.28 |
| 1945 | 424 | #334 | 0.32 |
| 1944 | 447 | #320 | 0.34 |
| 1943 | 570 | #290 | 0.41 |
| 1942 | 571 | #286 | 0.42 |
| 1941 | 463 | #299 | 0.38 |
| 1940 | 371 | #330 | 0.32 |
| 1939 | 383 | #316 | 0.35 |
| 1938 | 327 | #360 | 0.30 |
| 1937 | 339 | #348 | 0.32 |
| 1936 | 354 | #329 | 0.34 |
| 1935 | 301 | #363 | 0.29 |
| 1934 | 325 | #350 | 0.31 |
| 1933 | 330 | #342 | 0.33 |
| 1932 | 340 | #344 | 0.32 |
| 1931 | 261 | #401 | 0.25 |
| 1930 | 230 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1929 | 199 | #478 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 212 | #471 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 216 | #475 | 0.18 |
| 1926 | 225 | #453 | 0.19 |
| 1925 | 225 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1924 | 232 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1923 | 222 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1922 | 219 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 190 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 164 | #563 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 152 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 174 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 156 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 113 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 126 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 91 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 79 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 67 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 47 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 35 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 39 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 35 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 20 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 39 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 19 | #856 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 27 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1903 | 32 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 21 | #765 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 29 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 33 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 29 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 37 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 25 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 27 | #598 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 21 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 23 | #614 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 14 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 21 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 27 | #498 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 10 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 16 | #648 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 13 | #738 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,200 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 16 | #561 | 0.11 |
| 1885 | 10 | #708 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 6 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 9 | #645 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 5 | #868 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 6 | #781 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Faith a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Faith has been given almost only to girls: 291 boys in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Faith: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Faith, and how old are they?
136,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 148,142 Americans ever recorded as Faith. The median Faith alive today is 22 years old; half are between 15 and 31.
The 2020 Census counted 119,725 people named Faith (119,371 women and girls, 354 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 129,835 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,190 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 10,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,470 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 15,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 69,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 30,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Faith born?
The states with the most babies named Faith are California, Texas and Florida, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 150 | #222 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 134 | #259 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 83 | #223 | 1.1× |
| New York | 54 | #313 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 52 | #204 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 48 | #237 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 45 | #251 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 40 | #226 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 37 | #299 | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 35 | #228 | 0.8× |
Where Faith is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Faith is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Faith with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 150,270 babies since 1880, Faith is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,220 of their 1,229 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Faith
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Faith and names like it
- Compare Faith and FaythBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sFaith peaked in 2003.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Faith since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Faith: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2003The year the most babies were named Faith.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Faith alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with FMost given first.