How Many People Are Named Faith?
people named Faith are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,508 people in the US has this name
Based on 148,142 babies named Faith in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,612 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Simply from the English word faith, ultimately from Latin fidere "to trust". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Faith in English. Counting Faith and these spellings together, about 136,911 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Faith (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Faith alive today is about 26 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Faith first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2003, to 5,612 babies. In 2025, 1,220 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Faith never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #48, in 2002, and it was in the top 100 for 18 years, 1999 to 2016. In 2025 it ranked #254.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #254 |
| Best rank | #48 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | 18 (1999 to 2016) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #54 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Faith alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Faith were born in California than in any other state: about 13,524 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Faith was given 2.8 times as often in Hawaii, 1.5 times in Alaska and 1.4 times in Delaware.
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