Faye

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Faye: Recorded since 1975, it reached #43 in 2012, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
107times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#43highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#112
1997	#125
1998	#119
1999	#124
2000	#118
2001	#115
2002	#105
2003	#125
2004	#134
2005	#135
2006	#137
2007	#136
2008	#140
2009	#144
2010	#133
2011	#142
2012	#144
2013	#182
2014	#203
2015	#255
2016	#239
2017	#284
2018	#266
2019	#319
2020	#302
2021	#289
2022	#378
2023	#281
2024	#304

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 49 of the 51 years from 1975 to 2025.

In 2024: #67 among girls in Northern Ireland, #68 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #196 among girls in Scotland, #304 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1975–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #503 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2025
Highest recorded position: #43 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 1975–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #80 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Faye appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 49 years beginning in 1975, and has registered 2,684 births with the name.

Faye across 3 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.

Faye'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	#503 (1975)	#43 (2012)	#80 (2025)	49 of 51	2,684 (1975–2025)	163 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#112 (1996)	#105 (2002)	#304 (2024)	29 of 29	8,999 (1996–2024)	442 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#48 (2013)	#67 (2024)	28 of 28	693 (1997–2024)	49 (2013)

Faye 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 Faye in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	9	3 of 10	3
1980s	64	10 of 10	6
1990s	112	10 of 10	11
2000s	626	10 of 10	63
2010sbusiest	1,354	10 of 10	135
2020s	519	6 of 10	87

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 135 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births fell by 39, from 123 to 84.

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

Faye 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 4 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #43 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Faye'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	#304	142	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#281	160	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#378	113	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#289	164	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#302	154	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#319	148	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#266	182	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#284	172	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#239	215	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#255	195	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#203	262	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#182	287	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#144	393	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#142	393	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#133	431	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#144	383	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#140	383	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#136	409	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#137	405	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#135	397	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#134	379	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#125	405	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#105	442	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#115	406	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#118	416	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#124	387	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#119	383	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#125	388	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#112	405	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#67	30	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#70	29	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#103	21	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#75	29	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#76	28	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#66	34	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#58	39	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#54	41	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#71	36	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#64	38	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#66	35	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#48	49	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#68	38	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#84	29	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#65	37	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#83	29	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#198	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#91	23	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#121	17	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#138	14	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#97	19	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#106	18	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#176	9	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#184	8	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#197	8	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	61	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	82	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	84	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	95	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	113	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	84	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#47	123	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#46	123	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	125	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#47	132	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#44	139	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#52	129	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#49	136	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#43	163	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#49	156	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	128	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#60	122	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	91	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	69	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	80	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	58	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	54	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	57	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	33	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	33	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	29	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	14	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	13	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	12	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#196	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 4 registrars between 1975 and 2025, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #43, first reached in 2012.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 20 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 442 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 49 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Alva · #47, 47y
Lynne · #49, 51y
Oran · #49, 54y
Shelley · #37, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Andrine · #43, 44y
Eira · #44, 35y
Jared · #41, 51y
Skye · #45, 37y

Faye was ranked #43 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2012. 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.

Faye 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 Faye without appearing here.

Faye moved ahead of

Ida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #518 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #77 and #546.
Eleanor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #198 and #157 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #83 and #419.
Anita Compare
In 1999 they stood at #227 and #227 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #142 and #413.
Jan Compare
In 1985 they stood at #456 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #285 and #521.

Moved ahead of Faye

Maeve Compare
In 2018 they stood at #266 and #507 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #319 and #218.
Aoife Compare
In 2014 they stood at #203 and #209 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #255 and #167.
Ruby Compare
In 2004 they stood at #97 and #155 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #138 and #51.
Ellie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #226 and #263 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #270 and #185.

Moved the opposite way to Faye

Angela Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Faye went from #503 to #80 while Angela went from #58 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Faye went from #503 to #80 while Ann went from #15 to #443.
Bernadette Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Faye went from #503 to #80 while Bernadette went from #55 to #718.
Bridget Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Faye went from #503 to #80 while Bridget went from #41 to #213.

Moved the same way as Faye

Caoimhe Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Faye went from #503 to #80 and Caoimhe from #262 to #31.
Erin Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Faye went from #503 to #80 and Erin from #503 to #71.
Hanna Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Faye went from #503 to #80 and Hanna from #503 to #273.
Hazel Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Faye went from #503 to #80 and Hazel from #96 to #55.

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 4 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #43 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Faye

Faye at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Faye across 3 official records

Faye by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Faye appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Faye

Faye and the names beside it

Faye moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Faye

Moved the opposite way to Faye

Moved the same way as Faye

Faye at a glance

Faye across 3 official records

Faye by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Faye appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Faye

Faye and the names beside it

Faye moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Faye

Moved the opposite way to Faye

Moved the same way as Faye