Faya — #6858 US girls' name
98 babies named Faya in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to girls today.
67% of everyone ever named Faya was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Faya in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Faya
The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Faya between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faya currently holds the #6858 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Faya performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Faya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Faya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Faya 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 98 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.
Faya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Faya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #6858 among girls.
98 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 17 births in a single year.
Faya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 66 births that decade — 67% of Faya's all-time total
Faya decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Faya's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Faya by state
Where Faya concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 6 | 6.1% |
6 of 98 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 6.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2010–2024 (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.