Faye
Top 1000
About Faye
Soft and simple, but no less magical, Faye is enjoying a quiet spell of popularity in the US. It broke the Top 1000 in 2014, and by 2023, was one of the fastest rising names on the charts. Faye is a perfect example of a name that fits in and stands out, recognizable and yet unexpected. It also makes a beautiful middle name option, if Mae and Rae are feeling too overdone.
The original Fay, Morgan le Fay, was a sorceress of the Arthurian Legends. Faye may also be used as a short form of Faith.
Pronounced FAYE.
As of October 2026, Faye ranked #515 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #146 in 1934, Nameberry popularity #114.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #913 | 297 | 166.3 |
| 2015 | #930 | 292 | 163.6 |
| 2016 | #822 | 349 | 197 |
| 2017 | #709 | 405 | 234.6 |
| 2018 | #701 | 415 | 244 |
| 2019 | #695 | 416 | 247.9 |
| 2020 | #687 | 414 | 256.1 |
| 2021 | #602 | 496 | 302.3 |
| 2022 | #564 | 537 | 327.4 |
| 2023 | #500 | 612 | 381.4 |
| 2024 | #538 | 559 | 345 |
| 2025 | #515 | 579 | 360.2 |
World rankings
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Faye on lists
Famous Fayes
- (Dorothy) Faye Dunaway
American actress
- Faye Elizabeth Grant
American actress
- Faye Marsay
English actress
- Faye Reagan
American porn star
- Faye Wong (born Wong Fei)
Hong Kong singer,songwriter and actress
- Faye Katherine Dancer
All,American Girls Baseball League player
- Alice Faye
American actress and singer
- Faye Yu (born Yu Feihong)
Chinese actress
Faye in pop culture
- Faye Valentine
character in anime "Cowboy Bebop"
- Faye Chamberlain
character from The Secret Circle series by L. J. Smith
- Faye Greener
character in Nathanael West's "Day of the Locust"
- Dr. Faye Miller
character on TV's "Mad Men"
- Faye Windass
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Faye Whitaker
character in webcomic "Questionable Content"
- Faye
character in video game "Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia"