Faith
Top 1000
About Faith
Faith is one of the most straightforward of the virtue names popularized by the Puritans in the seventeenth century, many parents still choosing it as an indicator of their religious conviction. Faith peaked in 2002 at Number 48.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are the parents of a daughter they called Faith, little sister for Sunday -- a sibset suitable for a minister's brood. A prominent adult bearer is country singer Faith Hill.
As of October 2026, Faith ranked #254 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #48 in 2002, Nameberry popularity #557.
Editor's take: The name Faith is a girl's name of English origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #79 | 3,738 | 2,092.5 |
| 2015 | #90 | 3,347 | 1,875 |
| 2016 | #99 | 3,090 | 1,743.8 |
| 2017 | #117 | 2,640 | 1,529.1 |
| 2018 | #122 | 2,470 | 1,452 |
| 2019 | #124 | 2,273 | 1,354.3 |
| 2020 | #135 | 1,998 | 1,236 |
| 2021 | #166 | 1,744 | 1,062.9 |
| 2022 | #189 | 1,562 | 952.4 |
| 2023 | #239 | 1,271 | 792.1 |
| 2024 | #249 | 1,272 | 785.1 |
| 2025 | #254 | 1,212 | 754.1 |
World rankings
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Famous Faiths
- (Audrey) Faith Hill
American country music singer
- Faith Renée Evans
American R&B singer
- Alexis "Faith" Ford
American actress
- Faith Swank Burrows
American Jazz Age cartoonist
- Faith Prince
American actress
- Faith Yvonne Leech
Australian Olympic swimmer
- Faith Dane
American actress and singer
- Faith Lou Esham
American operatic soprano
- Faith Popcorn
American futurist and author
- Faith Yang
Taiwanese rock singer
- Faith Shroder
American television personality/model; daughter of actor Ricky Shroder
- Faith Altman (b. 1989)
daughter of comedian Jeff Altman and actress Leslie Ackerman
- Faith Margaret Kidman Urban (b. 2010)
daughter of actress Nicole Kidman and singer Keith Urban
- Faith Evangeline Elisa Grammer (b. 2012)
daughter of actor Kelsey Grammer
Faith in pop culture
- "Faith
" song by George Michael
- "Faith
" song by Bon Iver
- Faith Lehane
character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
- Faith Fairfield
a main character on TV's "Hope & Faith," played by Faith Ford
- Faith Williams
character in "Generation Dead" by Daniel Waters
- Faith Snyder
character on American soap "As the World Turns"
- Faith Connors
main character in the video game "Mirror's Edge"
- Faith Mitchell
character in the Will Trent series by Karin Slaughter
- Faith Walters
a main character in "Fury on Fire" by Sophie Jordan
- Faith Fraser
daughter of Claire and Jamie Fraser in the Outlander series
- Faith
character in 2012 film "Spring Breakers", played by Selena Gomez
- Faith Spinney
hedgehog character in Brian Jacques' "Salamandastron"
- Faith Seed
character in the video game "Far Cry 5"
Variations & nicknames
- FeSpanish