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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Faith” in the USA?

Number of people named “Faith” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Faith” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Faith” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Faith” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Faith” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Faith” by birth year

This chart shows how “Faith” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 16 0.000062667 16 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 27 0.000094184 27 100%
1892 21 0.000062804 21 100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 100%
1894 23 0.000067909 23 100%
1895 21 0.000059826 21 100%
1896 27 0.000075528 27 100%
1897 25 0.000072055 25 100%
1898 37 0.000096997 37 100%
1899 29 0.000085487 29 100%
1900 33 0.000073291 33 100%
1901 29 0.000083861 29 100%
1902 21 0.000054301 21 100%
1903 32 0.000083945 32 100%
1904 27 0.000066917 27 100%
1905 19 0.00004482 19 100%
1906 39 0.000091026 39 100%
1907 20 0.000042975 20 100%
1908 35 0.000071626 35 100%
1909 39 0.000076287 39 100%
1910 35 0.000059251 35 100%
1911 47 0.00007295 47 100%
1912 67 0.00006781 67 100%
1913 79 0.000069474 79 100%
1914 91 0.00006425 91 100%
1915 126 0.000068761 126 100%
1916 113 0.000058416 113 100%
1917 156 0.000077738 156 100%
1918 174 0.000080143 174 100%
1919 152 0.00007203 152 100%
1920 164 0.000072482 164 100%
1921 190 0.000081388 190 100%
1922 219 0.000095668 219 100%
1923 222 0.000096418 222 100%
1924 232 0.000097413 232 100%
1925 225 0.00009643 225 100%
1926 225 0.000098001 225 100%
1927 216 0.000093129 216 100%
1928 212 0.000093766 212 100%
1929 199 0.000090778 199 100%
1930 230 0.00010345 230 100%
1931 261 0.000124027 261 100%
1932 340 0.000161039 340 100%
1933 330 0.000165046 330 100%
1934 325 0.00015649 325 100%
1935 301 0.000144026 301 100%
1936 354 0.000170391 354 100%
1937 339 0.000159105 339 100%
1938 327 0.000147792 327 100%
1939 383 0.000173819 383 100%
1940 371 0.000161116 371 100%
1941 463 0.000190033 463 100%
1942 571 0.000209018 571 100%
1943 570 0.000201944 570 100%
1944 447 0.000166166 447 100%
1945 424 0.000159824 424 100%
1946 436 0.00013645 436 100%
1947 459 0.000127418 459 100%
1948 400 0.000115857 400 100%
1949 387 0.000111054 387 100%
1950 457 0.000130446 457 100%
1951 588 0.00015962 588 100%
1952 602 0.000158504 602 100%
1953 604 0.000156735 604 100%
1954 676 0.000169819 676 100%
1955 800 0.000199249 800 100%
1956 784 0.000190151 779 5 99%
1957 827 0.000196804 827 100%
1958 786 0.000190135 786 100%
1959 839 0.00020178 839 100%
1960 879 0.000211613 874 5 99%
1961 783 0.000189025 783 100%
1962 729 0.000180652 729 100%
1963 794 0.000200596 794 100%
1964 806 0.000207326 806 100%
1965 708 0.000195286 708 100%
1966 654 0.000188166 654 100%
1967 595 0.000175263 595 100%
1968 533 0.000157766 533 100%
1969 523 0.00015049 523 100%
1970 558 0.00015472 550 8 97%
1971 529 0.000154122 529 100%
1972 526 0.000167356 526 100%
1973 512 0.000169711 512 100%
1974 542 0.00017829 542 100%
1975 556 0.000184143 556 100%
1976 637 0.000209933 637 100%
1977 803 0.000252794 803 100%
1978 840 0.000264661 840 100%
1979 861 0.000258792 861 100%
1980 806 0.000233996 806 100%
1981 795 0.00022981 795 100%
1982 695 0.000198121 686 9 97%
1983 668 0.000192877 663 5 99%
1984 635 0.000182013 635 100%
1985 563 0.000157742 558 5 98%
1986 634 0.000178236 634 100%
1987 561 0.000155591 561 100%
1988 621 0.000168063 621 100%
1989 707 0.000183902 707 100%
1990 947 0.000239597 940 7 99%
1991 1074 0.000275719 1074 100%
1992 1140 0.000296777 1140 100%
1993 1134 0.000300774 1134 100%
1994 1305 0.000351028 1305 100%
1995 1747 0.000477042 1747 100%
1996 2166 0.000593881 2159 7 99%
1997 2584 0.00071268 2577 7 99%
1998 3223 0.000876242 3217 6 100%
1999 4243 0.001148661 4236 7 100%
2000 5008 0.001324901 4998 10 100%
2001 5418 0.001447351 5411 7 100%
2002 5532 0.001479821 5527 5 100%
2003 5612 0.001475941 5597 15 99%
2004 5447 0.001425572 5420 27 99%
2005 5265 0.001369366 5256 9 100%
2006 4871 0.001231235 4864 7 100%
2007 4319 0.001080376 4307 12 99%
2008 3641 0.000926306 3634 7 100%
2009 3774 0.000987913 3767 7 100%
2010 3713 0.001004671 3704 9 100%
2011 3742 0.001023022 3733 9 100%
2012 3559 0.000973104 3559 100%
2013 3430 0.000940843 3419 11 99%
2014 3748 0.00101123 3738 10 99%
2015 3355 0.000906533 3347 8 100%
2016 3095 0.000843624 3090 5 100%
2017 2645 0.000739613 2640 5 100%
2018 2476 0.00070423 2470 6 100%
2019 2278 0.000656308 2273 5 100%
2020 2003 0.000599597 1998 5 100%
2021 1756 0.000518308 1744 12 99%
2022 1562 0.000461702 1562 100%
2023 1284 0.000387775 1271 13 98%
2024 1280 0.000384557 1272 8 99%

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