Faylene — girls' name
297 babies named Faylene in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Faylene was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Faylene in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Faylene
The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Faylene between 1921 and 1964, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faylene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Faylene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Faylene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Faylene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Faylene 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 297 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.
Faylene at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Faylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1921
- Peak year (1941)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
297 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 12 births in a single year.
Faylene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 93 births that decade — 31% of Faylene's all-time total
Faylene decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Faylene's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Faylene by state
Where Faylene concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 297 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maine 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 2.0% 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, 1921–1964 (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.