How Many People Are Named Faye?
people named Faye are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,119 people in the US has this name
Based on 72,660 babies named Faye in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,478 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of FAY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Faye in English. Counting Faye and these spellings together, about 44,868 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Faye (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Faye alive today is about 58 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Faye first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1943, to 1,478 babies. In 2025, 579 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Faye has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #146, in 1934. In 2025 it ranked #515.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #515 |
| Best rank | #146 (1934) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #174 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Faye alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Faye were born in California than in any other state: about 1,921 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Faye was given 2.1 times as often in Utah, 2 times in North Carolina and 1.9 times in Arkansas.
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