Girls' name · since 2010
Faya
109 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.
- #26,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 109
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Faya is the #9320 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 109 recorded since 2010.
Faya has 109 recorded births among girls since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9320 as of the latest data, more common than 46% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #26,151 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,320 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 109 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faya ranks #26,151 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,320 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 109 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 109
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Faya's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
How Faya compares
109 26th 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
Faya's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Faya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 109 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Faya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Faya's full recorded timeline at 2021, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Faya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Faya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (77 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Faya's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Faya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 77 births (71% 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 | 5.5% |
6 of 109 births nationwide.
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- Minnesota records the most Fayas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota 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 Faya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Faya 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.