Girls' name · since 1978
Fayga
Fayga has 16 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Fayga since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fayga has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2018.
- #48,644 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fayga ranks #48,644 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #48,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Fayga's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fayga's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Fayga splits its recorded history at 2000: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Fayga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2018
- Peak year (2018)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Fayga by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Fayga's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Fayga births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fayga: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1978–2018 (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 Fayga 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.