Favour
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Favour
Sometimes used as a short form of the bold Godfavour, this warm-sounding virtue name is popular in parts of Africa, where there is a strong tradition among Christian parents especially to choose spiritual word names for their children.
Favour for girls#7242 US
In the US, the Favor spelling was selected for 31 girls in a recent year, while in England and Wales, Favour was given to 16 girls, down from its 2009 peak, when it ranked in the Top 1000!
Favour for boys
This warm-sounding virtue name is popular in parts of Africa, where there is a strong tradition among Christian parents especially to choose spiritual word names for their children. It may form part of the longer and bolder Godfavour.
Spelled as Favor, it was given to 8 boys in the US in a recent year; spelled as Favour, it was chosen for 7 boys in the UK. Generally, in English speaking countries, it is used more often for girls.
Pronounced FAY-ver.
As of October 2026, Favour ranked #7242 for girls in US births in 2025 and #9886 for boys in US births in 2015 SSA, peaked at #4114 for girls in 2016.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,634 | 30 | 16.8 |
| 2016 | #4,114 | 36 | 20.3 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |