girls' name ★ peaked 2003

Faith

Meaning A female given name from English Gender Girl Rank 2025 #254 Trend ↓ Falling 42%

A female given name from English.

Rank 2025
#254
among girls · ↓6 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,220
named Faith · -6% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,326
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2003
5,612 babies
All-time total
148,142
#271 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Faith popularity over time

148,142 babies have been named Faith since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 86 – 86 9 – #561
1890s 234 – 234 23 +172% #498
1900s 294 – 294 29 +26% #565
1910s 1,040 – 1,040 104 +254% #531
1920s 2,104 – 2,104 210 +102% #453
1930s 3,190 – 3,190 319 +52% #316
1940s 4,528 – 4,528 453 +42% #286
1950s 6,958 5 6,963 696 +54% #304
1960s 7,000 5 7,005 701 +1% #318
1970s 6,356 8 6,364 636 -9% #276
1980s 6,666 19 6,685 669 +5% #305
1990s 19,529 34 19,563 1,956 +193% #76
2000s 48,789 106 48,895 4,890 +150% #48
2010s 31,987 68 32,055 3,206 -34% #70
2020s (to 2025) 9,090 46 9,136 1,523 -52% #134

Where Faith is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,110 0.69 #278
2027 1,029 0.64 #299
2028 966 0.60 #316
2029 915 0.57 #336
2030 874 0.54 #348

Where Faith is most popular

Girls named Faith per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.874 per 1,000. Strongest in Hawaii, Delaware, and New Mexico.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Faith born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Hawaii 43 3.75 +329%
Delaware 23 2.03 +132%
New Mexico 46 1.89 +117%
Arkansas 95 1.80 +106%
Nevada 78 1.68 +92%
North Dakota 22 1.67 +92%
South Dakota 22 1.54 +76%
Maryland 145 1.37 +57%
Connecticut 79 1.36 +55%
Missouri 157 1.30 +49%
Louisiana 112 1.28 +46%
Mississippi 59 1.26 +44%
Wisconsin 128 1.24 +42%
Oregon 78 1.20 +37%
Kansas 68 1.18 +35%
Wyoming 5 1.17 +34%
Ohio 278 1.17 +34%
South Carolina 105 1.17 +34%
Florida 499 1.17 +34%
Alaska 10 1.16 +33%
Georgia 263 1.16 +33%
Michigan 208 1.14 +31%
Arizona 160 1.14 +31%
Indiana 160 1.14 +30%
Oklahoma 83 1.13 +29%
Pennsylvania 261 1.10 +26%
Minnesota 119 1.10 +26%
Virginia 187 1.10 +26%
District of Columbia 13 1.10 +26%
Nebraska 39 1.08 +24%
Colorado 118 1.06 +21%
Montana 14 1.03 +18%
West Virginia 27 1.03 +18%
New Hampshire 19 1.03 +18%
Tennessee 162 1.02 +17%
Alabama 95 1.01 +16%
Washington 145 1.00 +15%
Texas 806 1.00 +15%
Iowa 58 0.993 +14%
Illinois 219 0.957 +10%
North Carolina 216 0.949 +9%
Kentucky 81 0.947 +8%
California 781 0.929 +6%
New York 357 0.901 ≈ national
Idaho 30 0.897 ≈ national
Massachusetts 106 0.877 ≈ national
New Jersey 135 0.748 -14%
Rhode Island 9 0.719 -18%
Maine 11 0.711 -19%
Utah 57 0.685 -22%
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Faith

Faith is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #254 in 2025 with 1,212 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 148,142 American babies have been named Faith. Its peak came in 2003, when 5,612 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Faith stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Faith?

The median living Faith is about 22 years old; half are between 14 and 30. An estimated 137 thousand people named Faith are alive in the United States today.

median 22 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Faith year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,212 #254 8 #9,169
2024 1,285 #248 8 #9,265
2023 1,274 #237 13 #6,652
2022 1,568 #188 – –
2021 1,748 #165 12 #6,835
2020 2,003 #134 5 #12,654
2019 2,276 #124 5 #12,756
2018 2,473 #122 6 #11,207
2017 2,640 #117 5 #12,889
2016 3,093 #99 5 #12,826
2015 3,348 #90 8 #9,005
2014 3,739 #79 10 #7,734
2013 3,419 #89 11 #7,188
2012 3,561 #75 – –
2011 3,733 #70 9 #8,283
2010 3,705 #74 9 #8,344
2009 3,771 #79 7 #10,193
2008 3,636 #90 7 #10,214
2007 4,307 #74 12 #6,772
2006 4,864 #62 7 #9,897
2005 5,256 #49 9 #7,842
2004 5,421 #52 27 #3,485
2003 5,597 #50 15 #5,117
2002 5,527 #48 5 #11,244
2001 5,411 #53 7 #8,596
2000 4,999 #66 10 #6,472
1995 1,747 #173 – –
1990 940 #296 7 #6,655
1985 558 #405 5 #6,878
1980 806 #305 – –
1975 556 #374 – –
1970 550 #412 8 #3,615
1965 708 #342 – –
1960 875 #318 5 #4,225
1955 800 #304 – –
1950 457 #378 – –
1945 424 #334 – –
1940 371 #330 – –
1935 301 #363 – –
1930 230 #447 – –
1925 225 #460 – –
1920 164 #563 – –
1915 126 #578 – –
1910 35 #712 – –
1905 19 #856 – –
1900 33 #616 – –
1895 21 #693 – –
1890 10 #887 – –
1885 10 #708 – –
1880 6 #781 – –

Famous people named Faith

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Faith Hill Faith Hill American singer (born 1967) Contemporary
  2. 2 Faith Evans Faith Evans American singer-songwriter (born 1973) Contemporary
  3. 3 Faith Kipyegon Faith Kipyegon Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner (born 1994) Contemporary
  4. 4 Faith Ford Faith Ford American actress (born 1964) Contemporary
  5. 5 Faith Domergue Faith Domergue American actress (1924/25–1999) Contemporary
  6. 6 Faith Prince American actress and singer b. 1957 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Faith, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Faith?

The median living Faith is about 22 years old. Half of all living Faiths are between 14 and 30 years old.

How many people named Faith are alive today?

An estimated 137 thousand people named Faith are alive in the United States, based on 148,142 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Faith mean?

A female given name from English.

How popular is the name Faith in 2025?

Faith ranked #254 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,212 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Faith?

148,142 babies have been named Faith in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Faith most popular?

Faith peaked in 2003, when 5,612 newborns received the name.

Is Faith a boy or girl name?

Faith is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Faith rising or falling?

Faith is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Faith become more popular?

Faith is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 874 girls named Faith in 2030, which would rank around #348. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Faith?

Well-known people named Faith include Faith Hill (singer), Faith Evans (actor), Faith Kipyegon (athlete).

Names like Faith

Names that sound and feel close to Faith: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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