Fae
Fae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. Its best rank was 683rd, in 1897.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 340.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 191679 births
- Best rank
- #683in 1897
- Since 1889
- 2,643people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,643 girls have been named Fae in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 79 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Fae | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 109 | |
| 1900s | 181 | |
| 1910s | 513 | |
| 1920s | 560 | |
| 1930s | 318 | |
| 1940s | 202 | |
| 1950s | 168 | |
| 1960s | 60 | |
| 1970s | 39 | |
| 1980s | 11 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 46 | |
| 2010s | 220 | |
| 2020s | 205 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Fae was the 772nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Fae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Verapeak 1918
- Marvelpeak 1929
- Bethelpeak 1922
- Buelahpeak 1927
- Cleopeak 1920
- Beatricepeak 1921
- Rubiepeak 1921
- Fernpeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.