Faye

Meaning: Fairy; or loyalty and belief
Origin: Middle English or Old French

Girl's name · #515 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Faye holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#515 in 2025). About 72,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#81 in Ireland (2025) · #123 in N. Ireland (2025) · #138 in Netherlands (2025) · #245 in Scotland (2025) · #333 in England & Wales (2025) · #558 in Sweden (2025) · #622 in Belgium (2025) · #942 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,497 in Austria (2025) · #482 in Canada (2024).

Famous Fayes

Faye Dunaway — American actress
Faye Wong — Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
Faye White — English association football player (born 1978)
Faye Marsay — British actress
Faye Grant — American actress

In stories & tradition

Faye Valentine^it — Cowboy Bebop (TV series)
Faye Windass — Coronation Street (TV series)
Faye Lamb — Emmerdale (TV series)

What Fayes become

Among 167 notable people named Faye:

Entertainers appear 2.24× more often than among typical names — e.g. Faye Dunaway, American actress.

Similar names: Loretta · Farrah · Shay · Rosie · Dixie · May

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