Faye — #539 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Faye

The Social Security Administration has registered 71,559 babies named Faye between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faye currently holds the #539 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 1,468 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Faye performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 13,711 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Faye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,550 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Faye in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Faye 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 71,559 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.