Faith

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 952 babies (rank #61 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

12,009

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

952

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Outlander: Faith Fraser — the daughter lost in Paris

Famous people named Faith

Faith Hillmusician · b. 1967
Faith Evansrecording artist · b. 1973
Faith Fordfilm actor · b. 1964
Faith Ringgoldquiltmaker · b. 1930

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with F

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	116	#308
1997	150	#260
1998	127	#291
1999	130	#280
2000	210	#200
2001	376	#124
2002	389	#119
2003	522	#98
2004	625	#82
2005	813	#69
2006	952	#61
2007	821	#73
2008	761	#80
2009	869	#73
2010	947	#65
2011	914	#63
2012	868	#74
2013	735	#74
2014	642	#88
2015	549	#104
2016	484	#119