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How popular is the name Faith?
Births per year, rank history and how many Faiths are alive today.
Faith (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 281st in 2025 with 162 given the name. The name peaked in 2006, when 952 babies were given the name, the 61st most popular that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2025 figure is roughly 17% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 14,000 babies have been named Faith in England and Wales since 1996.
The Faith you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Faiths born in England and Wales are between 12 and 21, and there are at least 15,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Faith.
How many babies are named Faith each year?
Where does Faith rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Faith most popular?
Faith peaked in 2006, when 952 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Faith?
At least 15,000 people named Faith born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Faith?
Most living Faiths are between 12 and 21; the most common age is about 16.
Is Faith becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2006 peak.