Fae
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Fae is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “fairy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Fae mean?
English: variant of Faye
“fairy”
Variant of Faye, from an old word for fairy; Morgan le Fay is the enchantress of Arthurian legend.
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Is Fae a girl's or a boy's name?
Fae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Fae, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 183 girls in the UK were given Fae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #279, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Fae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Fae in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Fae, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Fae in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 657 girls in the US were given Fae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #481, up from #3,779 for this spelling alone.
Fae in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,771 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,790 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,682 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,264 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,221 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,085 |
| 1932 | 46 | #1,043 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,289 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,119 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1927 | 62 | #963 |
| 1926 | 54 | #1,012 |
| 1925 | 63 | #940 |
| 1924 | 61 | #976 |
| 1923 | 52 | #1,054 |
| 1922 | 55 | #1,008 |
| 1921 | 61 | #946 |
| 1920 | 63 | #914 |
| 1919 | 58 | #925 |
| 1918 | 61 | #915 |
| 1917 | 70 | #820 |
| 1916 | 79 | #769 |
| 1915 | 65 | #811 |
| 1914 | 52 | #802 |
| 1913 | 38 | #852 |
| 1912 | 32 | #890 |
| 1911 | 27 | #825 |
| 1910 | 31 | #768 |
| 1909 | 22 | #868 |
| 1908 | 28 | #729 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 24 | #742 |
| 1905 | 16 | #926 |
| 1904 | 20 | #805 |
| 1903 | 15 | #896 |
| 1902 | 16 | #872 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 15 | #970 |
| 1899 | 19 | #728 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 21 | #681 |
| 1896 | 13 | #903 |
| 1895 | 15 | #815 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
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