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The first name 
Faith

Faith is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.

Faith – known and loved in the US!

The name Faith isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Faith ranks 107. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 17 were named Faith. In the entire USA, approximately 139,141 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Faith. That is 0.04 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Faith

What does the name 
Faith mean?

Faith is derived from the Old English word ‘fæþm’ which means ‘confidence, trust, belief.’ Faith is associated with religious beliefs and spirituality. It is considered a virtue name, which are names that are associated with a moral or ethical quality.

What does it mean to be 'faithful'? It can mean different things but most commonly it means to be loyal - to your partner, friends or to your beliefs. It means being steadfast, even in the face of adversity.

Faith -
from zero to hero

#46 - this is the highest rank Faith has ever achieved. Not many names manage to reach such a high popularity in even one of the 140+ years of recording. The last time Faith reached this top spot was in 2002 when 5,532 newborn girls were given this name. But as our statistics show, Faith hasn't always been a popular name: in some years of record, most recently in the year 1883, not a single newborn or less than 5 were named Faith (a name is only included in the official statistics if it has been given at least 5 times in a year). Nevertheless, the name Faith has accompanied people in this country for a long time. It turns out that this name fits very well into our time today. From zero to hero - even though it took a while for Faith to really catch on, it has become a very popular name.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Faith was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

At the peak in the 21st century

In 2022, 1,535 newborns were given the name Faith, making it rank #182. In the current century, the name is really taking off. So the chances of meeting a young Faith are higher than ever.

Faith -
at home in every state from California to New York

The name Faith may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Faith is apparently especially popular in Hawaii. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 454 women in Hawaii is called Faith. In total, that’s 971 women who feel addressed when the name Faith is shouted loudly across Hawaii and who ensure that their name makes it to #130 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Faith as the answer a total of 139,126 times. This places Faith at #250 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Faith as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.

Faith has 5 letters 
and begins with an F

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter F is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 1.2% of all common girls' names in the US begin with an F. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.

With five letters, the name Faith is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 1.2% of all girls' names begin with an F, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with F that are quite popular, the most common at present is Frances.

Other names with 
F, a, i, t and h

If you take all the letters in the name Faith – F, a, i, t and h – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Fathi or Fatih.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Faith

If your name is Faith and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Faith

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Faith, you can simply say:

Fox

Apple

Igloo

Tiger

Hat

This is how the name Faith is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Faith in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Faith

Faith

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Faith

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Faith is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

F
A
I
T
H

Have you ever waved the name Faith

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

F
A
I
T
H

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Faith sounds like this: