Faith

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Faith: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Faith: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #42 in 2014, and it stood at #413 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
107times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#42highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Faith's record

Held a top-100 place for 25 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 316 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#307
1997	#260
1998	#290
1999	#279
2000	#199
2001	#124
2002	#119
2003	#98
2004	#82
2005	#69
2006	#61
2007	#73
2008	#80
2009	#73
2010	#65
2011	#63
2012	#73
2013	#74
2014	#88
2015	#104
2016	#118
2017	#135
2018	#135
2019	#148
2020	#165
2021	#175
2022	#207
2023	#239
2024	#278

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1996 to 2025.

In 2024: #97 among girls in Northern Ireland, #207 among girls in Scotland, #278 among girls in England and Wales, #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #307 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #42 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Faith appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 639 births with the name.

Faith across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Faith's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#534 (1996)	#139 (2009)	#413 (2025)	30 of 30	639 (1996–2025)	45 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#307 (1996)	#61 (2006)	#278 (2024)	29 of 29	14,325 (1996–2024)	952 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#42 (2014)	#97 (2024)	28 of 28	851 (1997–2024)	61 (2011)
New Zealand · Girls	#92 (2000)	#62 (2007)	#98 (2023)	16 of 24	775 (2000–2023)	65 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#3849 (2005)	#4632 (2014)	3 of 10	9 (2005–2014)	3 (2005)

Faith by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Faith in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	295	10 of 10	30
2010s	263	10 of 10	26
2020s	61	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Faith appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #42 in Northern Ireland in 2014.

Faith's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#278	168	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#239	190	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#207	242	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#175	290	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#165	308	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#148	343	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#135	390	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#135	394	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#118	484	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#104	549	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#88	642	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#74	735	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#73	868	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#63	914	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#65	947	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#73	869	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#80	761	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#73	821	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#61	952	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#69	813	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#82	625	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#98	522	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#119	389	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#124	376	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#199	210	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#279	130	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#290	127	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#260	150	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#307	116	High	Verified
2023	New Zealand	female	#98	40	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#98	41	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#90	46	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#97	43	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#97	46	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#66	58	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#94	45	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#92	45	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#62	65	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#94	45	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#84	44	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#83	51	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#67	58	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#80	51	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#95	47	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#92	50	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#97	21	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#115	18	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#85	25	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#89	25	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#78	27	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#66	34	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#60	37	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#64	37	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#51	45	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#81	31	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#42	57	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#56	40	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#55	46	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#43	61	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#48	53	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#45	54	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#56	40	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#57	39	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#68	32	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#59	34	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#74	27	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#147	12	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#128	15	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#115	16	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	13	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	17	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	19	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	16	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	27	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	28	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	28	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	33	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	30	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	30	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	35	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	45	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	26	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	32	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	34	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	31	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	29	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	33	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	26	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	27	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	12	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#207	18	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #42, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 25 years, 25 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 952 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Faigy · #2253, 21y
Faisal · #288, 49y
Faiyaz · #1949, 13y
Faiz · #954, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eira · #44, 35y
Lexi · #40, 28y
Mya · #44, 30y
Nevaeh · #38, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Mikayla · #42, 31y
Piper · #42, 29y
Aaliyah · #41, 30y
Caelan · #43, 30y

Faith was ranked #42 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Faith and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Faith without appearing here.

Faith moved ahead of

Ingrid Compare
In 2000 they stood at #425 and #425 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #152 and #606.
Sofie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #534 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #152 and #606.
Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #555 and #555 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #372 and #631.
Wendy Compare
In 2000 they stood at #425 and #425 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #152 and #400.

Moved ahead of Faith

Elise Compare
In 2021 they stood at #322 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #420 and #195.
Summer Compare
In 2016 they stood at #187 and #195 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #289 and #162.
Croía Compare
In 2018 they stood at #244 and #255 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #271 and #162.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #244 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #271 and #180.

Moved the opposite way to Faith

Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Faith went from #221 to #97 while Aimee went from #23 to #179.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Faith went from #221 to #97 while Alexandra went from #45 to #253.
Amy Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Faith went from #221 to #97 while Amy went from #9 to #253.
Bethany Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Faith went from #221 to #97 while Bethany went from #53 to #253.

Moved the same way as Faith

Amelia Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Faith went from #221 to #97 and Amelia from #358 to #14.
Annie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Faith went from #221 to #97 and Annie from #112 to #11.
Aoife Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Faith went from #221 to #97 and Aoife from #17 to #4.
Cara Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Faith went from #221 to #97 and Cara from #85 to #33.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #42 in Northern Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Faith

Faith at a glance

What stands out in Faith's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Faith across 5 official records

Faith by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Faith appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Faith

Faith and the names beside it

Faith moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Faith

Moved the opposite way to Faith

Moved the same way as Faith

Faith at a glance

What stands out in Faith's record

Faith across 5 official records

Faith by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Faith appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Faith

Faith and the names beside it

Faith moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Faith

Moved the opposite way to Faith

Moved the same way as Faith