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Faith

girl name
Origin
English
Syllables
1
Peak era
2000s
Today
▼ Cooling

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Meaning

faith, trust

Goes by Fay. See all nicknames

Famously borne by Faith Ringgold, whose story quilts wove painting, text, and Black history into one form.

The story

Faith is one of the clearest virtue names: the English word itself, ultimately tied to the Latin idea of trust. Puritan families adopted it in the seventeenth century alongside Hope, Grace, Patience, and other names meant to state a value every time they were spoken. American records, however, show Faith's biggest chapter arriving much later. The name stays near the floor through most of the twentieth century, begins climbing in the 1980s, rises strongly in the 1990s, and reaches its high point in the 2000s before easing. That late peak gave an old Puritan choice the sound of a modern word name. Faith needs no translation on an English page and no elaborate explanation at home. It is both a belief and a plain promise, compact enough to fit in one syllable.

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How popular is Faith around the world?

In the United States, 9,136 babies were named Faith between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 9 girls were registered as Faith in 2017.

Faith is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Scotland, England and Wales, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, France, Mexico City, Poland, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 2,400

In the United States, 9,136 babies were named Faith between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Faith peaked in the 2000s. Faith went to 3,356 US babies in 2015 and 1,220 in 2025, 36% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 2,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 9 girls were registered as Faith in 2017.

1944peak 2012

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Scotland

1 in 2,500

In Scotland, 18 girls named Faith were registered in 2024, the 207th most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 20102024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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England and Wales

1 in 3,600

In England and Wales, 162 girls named Faith were born in 2025, the 281st most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 20062025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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New Zealand

1 in 3,800

In New Zealand, 15 girls named Faith were registered in 2025.

1920peak 2003

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Canada

1 in 4,200

In Canada, 87 girls named Faith were born in 2024, the 341st most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 20042024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

1 in 6,000

In Ireland, 9 girls named Faith were born in 2025, the 413th most common name among girls that year.

1990peak 20092025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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France

1 in 32,000

In France, about 20 girls named Faith were born in 2025, ranked 1,663rd among girls that year.

1990peak 2016

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Mexico City City

1 in 120,000

In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Faith in 2022.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Poland

1 in 120,000

In Poland, 2 girls named Faith were born in 2025, the 706th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Spain

1 in 150,000

In Spain, 303 residents are named Faith, ranked 3,275th among women, with a mean age of 36.3 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Argentina

last on record 2022

Faith is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Austria

last on record 2024

Faith is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Brazil

At the 2022 census, 29 people in Brazil were named Faith, ranked 96,655th, with a median age of 27.

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Montevideo City

last on record 2006

Faith is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2011

Faith is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 10 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Faith

Most people given the name Faith in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Faith

Justice Gracelyn Haven Gracie Cherish Blessing

Where Faith travels

Korean American · faith, trust (a Protestant virtue name in the Korean American church register alongside Grace and Joy)

Filipino American · faith, trust (part of the Filipino virtue-name tradition)

Filipino · faith, trust (popular virtue name)

Keep exploring

Nicknames for Faith · Korean American baby names · Filipino baby names · Filipino American baby names · Climbers and fallers

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