Favor
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- FAY-ver
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Favor is a name of English origin, meaning “goodwill, kindness, blessing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Favor mean?
English: English word, from Latin favor 'goodwill'
“goodwill, kindness, blessing”
Is Favor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Favor has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Favor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Favor, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002. 9 boys were also named Favor in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Favor in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77% of the babies named Favor in the US were girls.
Favor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Favor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briar Saylor Finley Brynlee Baylor Sevyn Londyn Teagan Harper Ocean Reign Blakely
Names related to Favor
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Favor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/favor, updated 20 October 2026.