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How popular is the name Favour?

Births per year, rank history and how many Favours are alive today.

Favour (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1809th in 2025 and given to 16 babies. The name peaked in 2009, when 43 babies were given the name, the 806th most popular that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2025 figure is roughly 37% of its peak.

The Favour you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Favours born in England and Wales are between 10 and 19, and there are at least 520 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Favour - on average, only one in every 606 such rooms contains a Favour.

How many babies are named Favour each year?

0204020202003: 52004: 82005: 352006: 362007: 282008: 342009: 432010: 262011: 382012: 322013: 342014: 232015: 192016: 252017: 162018: 172019: 102020: 142021: 112022: 52023: 132024: 162025: 16actual

Where does Favour rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,00020202003: ranked 3,0992004: ranked 2,2782005: ranked 8022006: ranked 8352007: ranked 1,0502008: ranked 9372009: ranked 8062010: ranked 1,2182011: ranked 9372012: ranked 1,0752013: ranked 1,0482014: ranked 1,3672015: ranked 1,6012016: ranked 1,3272017: ranked 1,8172018: ranked 1,7112019: ranked 2,4582020: ranked 1,9392021: ranked 2,3412022: ranked 3,9712023: ranked 2,0632024: ranked 1,8192025: ranked 1,809

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.

Chart: babies named Favour per year in England and Wales, 2003 to 2025, peaking at about 43 in 2009
Favour: births per year in England and Wales, 2003-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Favour most popular?

Favour peaked in 2009, when 43 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Favour?

At least 520 people named Favour born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Favour?

Most living Favours are between 10 and 19; the most common age is about 16.

Is Favour becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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