Faith

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Faith is an English feminine given name derived from the word faith. It became popularized when the Puritans began using it as a virtue name during the 17th century.

From Wikipedia

Faith first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 4 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 58 babies (rank #139 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Faith

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Faith yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

135
Total babies (all years)
4
Years in the data
58
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
201411#159
201558#139
201657#159
20179#171