Faythe — girls' name
991 babies named Faythe in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Faythe was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Faythe in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Faythe
The Social Security Administration has registered 991 babies named Faythe between 1919 and 2021, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faythe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Faythe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 372 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Faythe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Faythe in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Faythe 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 991 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.
Faythe at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Faythe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1919
- Peak year (2004)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
991 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 46 births in a single year.
Faythe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 372 births that decade — 38% of Faythe's all-time total
Faythe decade highlights
- Peak decade 372 births
- Runner-up 168 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Faythe's strongest decade
372 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Faythe by state
Where Faythe concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25 | 2.5% |
29 of 991 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.9% 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, 1919–2021 (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.