Faye

What Faye means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Faye yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #930 in 2015 to #514 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Faye?

US: Rising: up from #930 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #255 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1934, when 1,420 girls got the name (#146 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,776 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,948 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,193 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (2.12 per 1,000 girls), NH (1.84 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.5 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Faye is #514 in the US and #333 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Faye were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Faya11 US · 4 E&W
• Vaya9 US · 3 E&W
• Feya7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Faye

Girls

• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Melody#79Editor’s note Up from #148 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Esther#119“star”^*
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*

For a brother

• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Faye’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.