Girls' name · since 1943
Faline
Faline has 117 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,432 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 1943
- 1980s
- peak decade
117 babies have been named Faline since 1943, making it today's #8432 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faline has been recorded 117 times among girls since 1943, currently ranked #8432 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #25,400 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,432 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 117 born since 1943
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faline ranks #25,400 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,432 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 117 born since 1943, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,432 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 1943
- 1980s
- peak decade
Faline's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Faline compares
117 27th 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
Faline's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Faline | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 117 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Faline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Faline splits its recorded history at 1985: 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 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Faline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Faline by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (27 births, 23% of the file).
1980s was Faline's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Faline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 27 births (23% of all-time use).
Faline by state
Where Faline concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 117 births nationwide.
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What to do with Faline's data
- Faline's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Falines (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Faline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Faline 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.