Girls' name · since 2003
Faithful
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 76 babies named Faithful, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,176 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,042 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
76 babies have been named Faithful since 2003, making it today's #16042 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faithful has been recorded 76 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #16042 nationally and more common than 7% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #30,176 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,042 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 76 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faithful ranks #30,176 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,042 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 76 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,176 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,042 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Faithful's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Faithful compares
76 21st 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
Faithful's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Faithful | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Faithful's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Faithful splits its recorded history at 2016: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Faithful popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Faithful by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (34 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Faithful's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Faithful births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Faithful's data
- Faithful's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (34 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Faithful: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Faithful 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.