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Faith

Gender
Girl
Say it
FAYTH
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#254 for girls
US rank, 2025
#254 for girls

Big in Northern Ireland

Faith is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “faith, trust”. In 2025 it ranked 254th for girls in the UK (201 babies) and 254th for girls in the US (1,212 babies).

What does Faith mean?

English: virtue name

“faith, trust”

One of the Christian virtue names taken up by the Puritans in the 17th century, alongside Hope and Charity.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Faith a girl's or a boy's name?

Faith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 201 girls in the UK and 1,212 girls and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Faith in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#254among girls
Babies in 2025
201about 1 in 1,400 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 49% in five years
Same name in a class
1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 201 girls in the UK were named Faith, making it the 254th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 153rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 1,061 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Faith than any year since 1999.

Half of all the girls named Faith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 281st in England and Wales, 198th in Scotland and 111th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#82) and 2014 (#88).

1996Busiest: 1,061 in 20102025
Faith in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025201#254
2024207#256
2023230#226
2022299#192
2021347#169
2020377#153
2019414#140
2018463#129
2017463#134
2016567#116
2015619#105
2014751#82
2013830#76
2012969#70
20111,029#63
20101,061#67
2009970#77
2008859#83
2007903#77
20061,032#64
2005892#72
2004676#85
2003569#103
2002426#127
2001408#131
2000223#215
1999141#291
1998137#300
1997162#265
1996120#327

How popular is Faith in the US?

Rank in 2025
#254among girls
Babies in 2025
1,212about 1 in 1,300 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 44% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,212 girls in the US were named Faith, making it the 254th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 134th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 5,597 girls. 8 boys were also named Faith in 2025 (8,906th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Faith than any year since 1993.

Half of all the girls named Faith in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 5,597 in 20032025
Faith in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,212#254
20241,285#248
20231,274#237
20221,568#188
20211,748#165
20202,003#134
20192,276#124
20182,473#122
20172,640#117
20163,093#99
20153,348#90
20143,739#79
20133,419#89
20123,561#75
20113,733#70
20103,705#74
20093,771#79
20083,636#90
20074,307#74
20064,864#62
20055,256#49
20045,421#52
20035,597#50
20025,527#48
20015,411#53
20004,999#66
19994,236#76
19983,217#107
19972,577#124
19962,159#149
19951,747#173
19941,305#219
19931,134#245
19921,140#244
19911,074#260
1990940#296
1989707#364
1988621#383
1987561#405
1986634#371
1985558#405
1984635#363
1983663#344
1982686#345
1981795#305
1980806#305
1979861#283
1978840#276
1977803#294
1976637#342
1975556#374
1974542#383
1973512#396
1972526#392
1971529#404
1970550#412
1969523#422
1968533#404
1967595#373
1966654#355
1965708#342
1964806#336
1963794#335
1962729#352
1961783#335
1960875#318
1959839#323
1958786#337
1957827#318
1956779#314
1955800#304
1954676#326
1953604#337
1952602#336
1951588#327
1950457#377
1949387#405
1948400#397
1947459#374
1946436#363
1945424#334
1944447#319
1943570#290
1942571#286
1941463#299
1940371#330
1939383#316
1938327#360
1937339#347
1936354#329
1935301#363
1934325#350
1933330#342
1932340#344
1931261#401
1930230#447
1929199#478
1928212#471
1927216#475
1926225#451
1925225#460
1924232#455
1923222#464
1922219#464
1921190#512
1920164#562
1919152#558
1918174#529
1917156#534
1916113#636
1915126#576
191491#595
191379#573
191267#596
191147#624
191035#710
190939#624
190835#649
190720#840
190639#562
190519#848
190427#668
190332#574
190221#756
190129#577
190033#611
189929#565
189837#510
189725#615
189627#594
189521#685
189423#609
189314#794
189221#616
189127#497
189010#872
188916#641
188813#724
18875#1,147
188616#556
188510#695
18846#930
18830–
18829#634
18815#830
18806#738

Names like Faith

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Scarlett Brooke Erin Lily Ellie Molly Holly Leah Amber Gracie Grace Eve

Other spellings of Faith

Fayth

Names related to Faith

Fatiha Fathia Faithe

More English names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Faith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faith, updated 20 October 2026.