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How popular is the name Faye?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fayes are alive today.
Faye (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 333rd in 2025 with 130 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2002, when 442 babies were given the name, the 105th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2010, with 431 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2002; the 2025 figure is roughly 29% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 9,100 babies have been named Faye in England and Wales since 1996. Faye is one spelling of a name also recorded as Fay; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Faye include Fay.
Across all spellings of the name, the Faye you are most likely to meet is around 25 years old. Half of all Fayes born in England and Wales are between 16 and 31, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Faye.
How many babies are named Faye each year?
Includes all spellings: Faye, Fay. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Faye spelling rank?
Where does the Fay spelling rank?
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 Faye most popular?
Faye peaked in 2002, when 508 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Faye?
At least 13,000 people named Faye in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Faye?
Most living Fayes are between 16 and 31; the most common age is about 25.
Is Faye becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2002 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.