Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Faye

#476 most common girls' name of all time · #875 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#476
Rank overall
#875 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
72,660
Since 2016
4,786
Peak year
1943 #163
Best rank
#146 1934
Girls Boys peak 1,478/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Faye is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 579 579 #515
2024 563 563 #539
2023 612 612 #500
2022 537 537 #564
2021 496 496 #603
2020 414 414 #687
2019 416 416 #694
2018 415 415 #700
2017 405 405 #709
2016 349 349 #823
2015 292 292 #930
2014 297 297 #911
2013 247 247 #1,008
2012 234 234 #1,069
2011 152 152 #1,472
2010 162 162 #1,414
2009 137 137 #1,629
2008 140 140 #1,620
2007 121 121 #1,770
2006 111 111 #1,835
2005 134 134 #1,533
2004 111 111 #1,735
2003 82 82 #2,127
2002 102 102 #1,771
2001 85 85 #1,996
2000 83 83 #1,999
1999 62 62 #2,368
1998 55 55 #2,502
1997 57 57 #2,329
1996 49 49 #2,559
1995 45 45 #2,690
1994 58 58 #2,257
1993 57 57 #2,267
1992 87 87 #1,713
1991 74 74 #1,895
1990 74 74 #1,893
1989 80 80 #1,701
1988 65 65 #1,892
1987 90 90 #1,447
1986 109 109 #1,250
1985 109 109 #1,249
1984 122 122 #1,127
1983 93 93 #1,303
1982 127 127 #1,109
1981 142 142 #1,019
1980 121 121 #1,126
1979 164 164 #905
1978 154 154 #921
1977 145 145 #952
1976 128 128 #992
1975 141 141 #918
1974 149 149 #872
1973 125 125 #958
1972 153 153 #850
1971 195 195 #751
1970 204 204 #729
1969 234 234 #654
1968 245 245 #614
1967 248 248 #603
1966 270 270 #573
1965 338 338 #519
1964 437 6 443 #464
1963 477 477 #445
1962 556 556 #414
1961 657 657 #377
1960 782 782 #337
1959 772 5 777 #341
1958 856 8 864 #312
1957 941 7 948 #298
1956 974 9 983 #279
1955 1,029 1,029 #262
1954 1,097 8 1,105 #245
1953 1,029 5 1,034 #253
1952 1,221 7 1,228 #226
1951 1,237 8 1,245 #219
1950 1,271 8 1,279 #211
1949 1,292 1,292 #207
1948 1,345 8 1,353 #200
1947 1,383 11 1,394 #193
1946 1,422 1,422 #182
1945 1,376 8 1,384 #169
1944 1,353 5 1,358 #165
1943 1,468 10 1,478 #163
1942 1,304 10 1,314 #175
1941 1,377 5 1,382 #160
1940 1,391 17 1,408 #153
1939 1,328 8 1,336 #161
1938 1,323 13 1,336 #162
1937 1,300 9 1,309 #160
1936 1,215 11 1,226 #162
1935 1,257 6 1,263 #161
1934 1,420 8 1,428 #146
1933 1,202 14 1,216 #153
1932 1,223 19 1,242 #159
1931 1,188 10 1,198 #158
1930 1,099 13 1,112 #177
1929 1,080 8 1,088 #183
1928 1,078 8 1,086 #192
1927 1,093 16 1,109 #187
1926 1,219 14 1,233 #173
1925 1,011 10 1,021 #201
1924 920 16 936 #212
1923 984 14 998 #203
1922 924 13 937 #211
1921 989 14 1,003 #202
1920 935 14 949 #208
1919 925 15 940 #202
1918 932 16 948 #206
1917 931 14 945 #198
1916 865 16 881 #204
1915 790 20 810 #209
1914 663 7 670 #199
1913 561 13 574 #194
1912 459 8 467 #208
1911 388 6 394 #184
1910 312 312 #208
1909 261 5 266 #217
1908 311 311 #184
1907 268 268 #194
1906 239 239 #199
1905 189 189 #228
1904 214 214 #205
1903 190 5 195 #220
1902 183 5 188 #220
1901 161 5 166 #227
1900 194 194 #229
1899 125 125 #253
1898 153 153 #238
1897 148 148 #225
1896 132 132 #242
1895 118 118 #260
1894 121 121 #246
1893 107 107 #259
1892 97 97 #271
1891 70 70 #298
1890 59 59 #331
1889 55 55 #337
1888 56 56 #324
1887 42 42 #331
1886 36 36 #359
1885 30 30 #378
1884 23 23 #424
1883 14 14 #531
1882 20 20 #416
1881 12 12 #500
1880 8 8 #647