Faye

Meaning: Fairy, or faith
Origin: English — Variant of Fay, also a short form of Faith or Frances

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

See how Faye ranks in other countries and regions.

#80 in Ireland (2025) · #121 in N. Ireland (2025) · #138 in Netherlands (2025) · #242 in Scotland (2025) · #333 in England & Wales (2025) · #484 in Canada (2025) · #558 in Sweden (2025) · #611 in Belgium (2025) · #942 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,497 in Austria (2025) · #4,489 in France (2025) · #11,775 in Italy (2024) and 2 more.

Famous Fayes

Faye Dunaway — American actress (born 1941)
Faye Wong — Chinese singer-songwriter and actress (born 1969)
Faye Marsay — British actress (born 1986)
Faye Grant — American actress (born 1957)
Faye Webster — American folk singer and photographer (born 1997)

In stories & tradition

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

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 (born 1941).

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

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