first name
FAITH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 119,725 people named Faith, 61.2% reported their origin as White, 17.4% as Black and 11.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Faith peaked in 2003, when 5,612 babies got the name.
At least 148,142 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Faith by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #148. The largest share of babies named Faith, 47.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Faith is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Faith has been most common in Hawaii (2.2×), Nevada (1.9×), and Alaska (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.56×).
143,437 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Faith
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Faith, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Faith ranks #8,435 of 156,621, with 3,758 people. See Faith as a last name
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