Faye is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1943 and has grown less common since.
Faye is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #515 for girl births in the United States (and #1,047 across all names), given to 579 babies. Faye was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1943 (1,468 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 579 | 579 | #515 | — |
| 2024 | 563 | 563 | #539 | — |
| 2023 | 612 | 612 | #500 | — |
| 2022 | 537 | 537 | #564 | — |
| 2021 | 496 | 496 | #603 | — |
| 2020 | 414 | 414 | #688 | — |
| 2019 | 416 | 416 | #695 | — |
| 2018 | 415 | 415 | #701 | — |
| 2017 | 405 | 405 | #709 | — |
| 2016 | 349 | 349 | #824 | — |
| 2015 | 292 | 292 | #930 | — |
| 2014 | 297 | 297 | #913 | — |
| 2013 | 247 | 247 | #1,010 | — |
| 2012 | 234 | 234 | #1,070 | — |
| 2011 | 152 | 152 | #1,475 | — |
| 2010 | 162 | 162 | #1,415 | — |
| 2009 | 137 | 137 | #1,633 | — |
| 2008 | 140 | 140 | #1,623 | — |
| 2007 | 121 | 121 | #1,774 | — |
| 2006 | 111 | 111 | #1,836 | — |
| 2005 | 134 | 134 | #1,536 | — |
| 2004 | 111 | 111 | #1,740 | — |
| 2003 | 82 | 82 | #2,132 | — |
| 2002 | 102 | 102 | #1,775 | — |
| 2001 | 85 | 85 | #2,000 | — |
| 2000 | 83 | 83 | #2,003 | — |
| 1999 | 62 | 62 | #2,378 | — |
| 1998 | 55 | 55 | #2,507 | — |
| 1997 | 57 | — | #2,336 | — |
| 1996 | 49 | — | #2,567 | — |
| 1995 | 45 | — | #2,698 | — |
| 1994 | 58 | — | #2,270 | — |
| 1993 | 57 | — | #2,276 | — |
| 1992 | 87 | — | #1,720 | — |
| 1991 | 74 | — | #1,903 | — |
| 1990 | 74 | — | #1,898 | — |
| 1989 | 80 | — | #1,705 | — |
| 1988 | 65 | — | #1,896 | — |
| 1987 | 90 | — | #1,451 | — |
| 1986 | 109 | — | #1,250 | — |
| 1985 | 109 | — | #1,252 | — |
| 1984 | 122 | — | #1,128 | — |
| 1983 | 93 | — | #1,305 | — |
| 1982 | 127 | — | #1,108 | — |
| 1981 | 142 | — | #1,019 | — |
| 1980 | 121 | — | #1,126 | — |
| 1979 | 164 | — | #907 | — |
| 1978 | 154 | — | #920 | — |
| 1977 | 145 | — | #953 | — |
| 1976 | 128 | — | #993 | — |
| 1975 | 141 | — | #920 | — |
| 1974 | 149 | — | #872 | — |
| 1973 | 125 | — | #960 | — |
| 1972 | 153 | — | #850 | — |
| 1971 | 195 | — | #750 | — |
| 1970 | 204 | — | #730 | — |
| 1969 | 234 | — | #654 | — |
| 1968 | 245 | — | #614 | — |
| 1967 | 248 | — | #602 | — |
| 1966 | 270 | — | #574 | — |
| 1965 | 338 | — | #519 | — |
| 1964 | 443 | — | #464 | #3,754 |
| 1963 | 477 | — | #445 | — |
| 1962 | 556 | — | #414 | — |
| 1961 | 657 | — | #377 | — |
| 1960 | 782 | — | #337 | — |
| 1959 | 777 | — | #341 | #4,185 |
| 1958 | 864 | — | #312 | #3,124 |
| 1957 | 948 | — | #298 | #3,349 |
| 1956 | 983 | — | #279 | #2,855 |
| 1955 | 1,029 | — | #263 | — |
| 1954 | 1,105 | — | #245 | #3,027 |
| 1953 | 1,034 | — | #253 | #3,997 |
| 1952 | 1,228 | — | #226 | #3,189 |
| 1951 | 1,245 | — | #219 | #2,913 |
| 1950 | 1,279 | — | #211 | #2,855 |
| 1949 | 1,292 | — | #207 | — |
| 1948 | 1,353 | — | #200 | #2,860 |
| 1947 | 1,394 | — | #193 | #2,414 |
| 1946 | 1,422 | — | #182 | — |
| 1945 | 1,384 | — | #169 | #2,632 |
| 1944 | 1,358 | — | #165 | #3,591 |
| 1943 | 1,478 | — | #163 | #2,455 |
| 1942 | 1,314 | — | #175 | #2,430 |
| 1941 | 1,382 | — | #160 | #3,672 |
| 1940 | 1,408 | — | #153 | #1,702 |
| 1939 | 1,336 | — | #161 | #2,679 |
| 1938 | 1,336 | — | #162 | #2,016 |
| 1937 | 1,309 | — | #160 | #2,557 |
| 1936 | 1,226 | — | #162 | #2,221 |
| 1935 | 1,263 | — | #161 | #3,386 |
| 1934 | 1,428 | — | #146 | #2,817 |
| 1933 | 1,216 | — | #153 | #1,942 |
| 1932 | 1,242 | — | #159 | #1,676 |
| 1931 | 1,198 | — | #158 | #2,540 |
| 1930 | 1,112 | — | #177 | #2,219 |
| 1929 | 1,088 | — | #183 | #3,075 |
| 1928 | 1,086 | — | #192 | #3,180 |
| 1927 | 1,109 | — | #187 | #2,071 |
| 1926 | 1,233 | — | #173 | #2,234 |
| 1925 | 1,021 | — | #201 | #2,817 |
| 1924 | 936 | — | #212 | #2,078 |
| 1923 | 998 | — | #203 | #2,261 |
| 1922 | 937 | — | #210 | #2,385 |
| 1921 | 1,003 | — | #202 | #2,291 |
| 1920 | 949 | — | #208 | #2,256 |
| 1919 | 940 | — | #202 | #2,093 |
| 1918 | 948 | — | #206 | #2,024 |
| 1917 | 945 | — | #197 | #2,120 |
| 1916 | 881 | — | #204 | #1,879 |
| 1915 | 810 | — | #209 | #1,573 |
| 1914 | 670 | — | #199 | #2,747 |
| 1913 | 574 | — | #194 | #1,528 |
| 1912 | 467 | — | #208 | #1,941 |
| 1911 | 394 | — | #184 | #1,605 |
| 1910 | 312 | — | #208 | — |
| 1909 | 266 | — | #217 | #1,531 |
| 1908 | 311 | — | #184 | — |
| 1907 | 268 | — | #194 | — |
| 1906 | 239 | — | #199 | — |
| 1905 | 189 | — | #228 | — |
| 1904 | 214 | — | #205 | — |
| 1903 | 195 | — | #220 | #1,183 |
| 1902 | 188 | — | #220 | #1,193 |
| 1901 | 166 | — | #226 | #1,109 |
| 1900 | 194 | — | #229 | — |
| 1899 | 125 | — | #251 | — |
| 1898 | 153 | — | #238 | — |
| 1897 | 148 | — | #225 | — |
| 1896 | 132 | — | #240 | — |
| 1895 | 118 | — | #260 | — |
| 1894 | 121 | — | #246 | — |
| 1893 | 107 | — | #256 | — |
| 1892 | 97 | — | #271 | — |
| 1891 | 70 | — | #298 | — |
| 1890 | 59 | — | #329 | — |
| 1889 | 55 | — | #336 | — |
| 1888 | 56 | — | #320 | — |
| 1887 | 42 | — | #330 | — |
| 1886 | 36 | — | #357 | — |
| 1885 | 30 | — | #376 | — |
| 1884 | 23 | — | #419 | — |
| 1883 | 14 | — | #529 | — |
| 1882 | 20 | — | #410 | — |
| 1881 | 12 | — | #494 | — |
| 1880 | 8 | — | #647 | — |