# Faye (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/faye/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 72,660 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 518 / 72,142 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,129, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (surname): Borrowed from French Faye or other languages.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 152 | 1,475 |
| 2012 | 234 | 1,070 |
| 2013 | 247 | 1,010 |
| 2014 | 297 | 913 |
| 2015 | 292 | 930 |
| 2016 | 349 | 824 |
| 2017 | 405 | 709 |
| 2018 | 415 | 701 |
| 2019 | 416 | 695 |
| 2020 | 414 | 688 |
| 2021 | 496 | 603 |
| 2022 | 537 | 564 |
| 2023 | 612 | 500 |
| 2024 | 563 | 539 |
| 2025 | 579 | 515 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 10 | 2,455 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,591 |
| 1945 | 8 | 2,632 |
| 1947 | 11 | 2,414 |
| 1948 | 8 | 2,860 |
| 1950 | 8 | 2,855 |
| 1951 | 8 | 2,913 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,189 |
| 1953 | 5 | 3,997 |
| 1954 | 8 | 3,027 |
| 1956 | 9 | 2,855 |
| 1957 | 7 | 3,349 |
| 1958 | 8 | 3,124 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,185 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,754 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 393 | 142 |
| 2012 | 393 | 144 |
| 2013 | 287 | 182 |
| 2014 | 262 | 203 |
| 2015 | 195 | 255 |
| 2016 | 215 | 239 |
| 2017 | 172 | 284 |
| 2018 | 182 | 266 |
| 2019 | 148 | 319 |
| 2020 | 154 | 302 |
| 2021 | 164 | 289 |
| 2022 | 113 | 378 |
| 2023 | 160 | 281 |
| 2024 | 142 | 304 |
| 2025 | 130 | 333 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.