Unisex name · since 2001
Favour
470 babies named Favour in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,317 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,345 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 470
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
470 babies have been named Favour since 2001, making it today's #7345 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Favour recorded 470 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #7345 nationally today, ahead of 58% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #12,317 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,345 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 470 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Favour ranks #12,317 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,345 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 470 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,317 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,345 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 470
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Favour's 470 recorded births place it above 82.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Favour compares
470 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Favour's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Favour | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 470 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Favour's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Favour's full recorded timeline at 2013, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Favour popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Favour popularity over time - boys
37 total births recorded since 2003 (Favour as boys' name)
Favour by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (240 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Favour's strongest decade.
240 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Favour births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
145 births
- 2010s
2010s
240 births
- 2020s 85
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 240 births (51% of all-time use).
Favour by state
Where Favour concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
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What to do with Favour's data
- Favour's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (240 total births) through the 2020s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Favours (66 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Favour: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Favour 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.