Fayne
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Fayne has been given to 158 babies in the U.S. since 1910. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1926, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% girls, 34% boys all-time.
Babies named Fayne, 1961
1 in 828,000
Fayne over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Fayne over time
In 1961, Fayne went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Fayne?
Fayne had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1961, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1961
- 1 in 828,000
- 5 of 4,142,426 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 404,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1961
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 574,263 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Fayne sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1961 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 574,263 children born in 1961 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fayne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Faynes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Fayne was born before 1930 — so the typical Fayne is around 95 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 28.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 35.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 15
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 28.8% of all recorded uses (30).
Is Fayne rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1926 (9)
- Years since peak
- 99
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.4% average annual change
Spellings of Fayne
Fayne is not the most common spelling — Jane is, with 32.0% against Fayne's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Fayne around the world
Where Fayne ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1952–1952#460in 1952
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Fayne by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Fayne
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Fayne
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.