Faye

“Fairy; or loyalty and belief” — Middle English or Old French origin

Girl's name · #515 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Faye holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#515 in 2025). About 72,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: #81 in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Fayes

Faye Dunaway — American actress
Faye Wong — Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
Faye White — English association football player (born 1978)
Faye Marsay — British actress
Faye Grant — American actress

In stories & tradition

Faye Valentine — Cowboy Bebop
Faye Windass — Coronation Street
Faye Lamb — Emmerdale

What Fayes become

Among 168 notable people named Faye:

Entertainers appear 2.26× more often than among typical names — e.g. Faye Dunaway, American actress.

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