How rare is the name Faye?

37,526 people in the United States have the first name Faye, about 1 in 8,049. It ranks #1,099 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FAYE

#1,099

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,526
About
1 in 8,049
This common or more
71.4%
Who bears it

Of the 37,526 people named Faye, 75% reported their origin as White, 15% as Black and 4.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Faye peaked in 1943, when 1,478 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1943
Births that year
1,478
In 2025*
579 ▼61%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 72,660 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.

Faye by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #296. The largest share of babies named Faye, 31.9%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#677296
1890s#3981,130
1900s#3092,230
1910s#3456,941
1920s#35510,360
1930s#29612,666
1940s#32813,785
1950s#47410,492
1960s#8394,250
1970s#1,5101,558
1980s#2,1091,058
1990s#3,703618
2000s#3,1041,106
2010s#1,6932,969
2020s#1,1143,201
Before 19012.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2723.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4531.9%
Baby boom 1946–6426%
Generation X 1965–804.1%
Millennials 1981–961.9%
Generation Z 1997–122.5%
2013 and later7.7%

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 Faye is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Faye has been most common in Arkansas (2.6×), Oklahoma (2.2×), and North Carolina (2.2×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.2×).

63,958 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 Faye

#1,097 Malik · 37,659#1,098 Alondra · 37,544#1,100 Betsy · 37,502#1,101 Cecil · 37,487

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Faye, most common first.

#1,994 Fay · 13,775#12,409 Fae · 1,003

Also a last name

As a last name, Faye ranks #13,934 of 156,621, with 2,073 people. See Faye as a last name

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