The name Faye is a diminutive form of Faith.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Faye has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Faye
Use of the Name Faye for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
63,150
10,366
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Faye has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Faye last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1979, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Faye
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
647
8
1881
494
12
1882
410
20
1883
529
14
1884
419
23
1885
376
30
1886
357
36
1887
330
42
1888
320
56
1889
336
55
1890
329
59
1891
298
70
1892
271
97
1893
256
107
1894
246
121
1895
260
118
1896
240
132
1897
225
148
1898
238
153
1899
251
125
1900
229
194
1901
226
161
1902
221
183
1903
220
190
1904
205
214
1905
227
189
1906
199
239
1907
194
268
1908
184
310
1909
217
261
1910
208
311
1911
183
388
1912
208
457
1913
194
560
1914
200
658
1915
209
791
1916
204
865
1917
197
930
1918
206
931
1919
202
926
1920
208
934
1921
201
989
1922
210
926
1923
203
981
1924
212
921
1925
201
1,013
1926
173
1,218
1927
187
1,097
1928
192
1,076
1929
183
1,076
1930
177
1,103
1931
158
1,189
1932
159
1,219
1933
153
1,198
1934
146
1,418
1935
161
1,257
1936
162
1,218
1937
160
1,297
1938
162
1,320
1939
161
1,327
1940
153
1,389
1941
160
1,377
1942
175
1,309
1943
163
1,467
1944
165
1,351
1945
169
1,376
1946
182
1,415
1947
194
1,379
1948
199
1,350
1949
207
1,288
1950
210
1,275
1951
219
1,237
1952
226
1,218
1953
253
1,026
1954
245
1,098
1955
264
1,029
1956
280
971
1957
298
939
1958
312
853
1959
341
771
1960
336
783
1961
377
654
1962
415
554
1963
445
478
1964
463
439
1965
519
338
1966
572
272
1967
602
248
1968
612
247
1969
652
235
1970
728
204
1971
756
193
1972
852
152
1973
957
125
1974
872
149
1975
919
141
1976
992
128
1977
946
146
1978
921
154
1979
911
163
Totals:
63,150
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Faye as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Faye appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 100 times during the last 125 years.