Faye
Pronounced F EY1 (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1943
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Faye?
Faye is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 103,713 children — the 353rd most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1943, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1943, when 1,939 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Fay and Fey — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Faye and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Fay
- Fey
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- F EY1
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Faye
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Faye
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Faye?
- Faye ranks 353rd among girls' names in US records, with 103,713 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,897.
- Is Faye a unisex name?
- No. Faye is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Faye most popular?
- 1943, when 1,939 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Faye spelled?
- Fay, Fey. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.