Meaning and history
From the English word faith, ultimately derived from Latin fido, meaning “to trust,” this name was among the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.
20062006: 4,864 births, rank #62
2007: 4,307 births, rank #74
2008: 3,636 births, rank #90
2009: 3,771 births, rank #79
2010: 3,705 births, rank #74
20112011: 3,733 births, rank #70
2012: 3,561 births, rank #75
2013: 3,419 births, rank #89
2014: 3,739 births, rank #79
2015: 3,348 births, rank #90
20162016: 3,093 births, rank #99
2017: 2,640 births, rank #117
2018: 2,473 births, rank #122
2019: 2,276 births, rank #124
2020: 2,003 births, rank #134
20212021: 1,748 births, rank #165
2022: 1,568 births, rank #188
2023: 1,274 births, rank #237
2024: 1,285 births, rank #248
20252025: 1,212 births, rank #254
Faith moved from #248 to #254 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2003, with 5,597 births.