Girl name#286 of girl names
Faith
Pronounced F EY1 TH (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2003
- 145 years in use
How popular is Faith?
Faith is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 147,016 children — the 286th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 46% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2003, when 5,603 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- F EY1 TH
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Faith
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Faith
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Faith?
- Faith ranks 286th among girls' names in US records, with 147,016 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 21,699.
- Is Faith a unisex name?
- No. Faith is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Faith most popular?
- 2003, when 5,603 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.