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Baby name
Faye
Girl
Origin of the name
Faye is linked to the old word fay, “fairy”; it is also a pet form of Faith.
Classic name
72,142births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 163rank at its peak, in 1943
Where babies named Faye are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Faye is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Faye is most common in Arkansas (2.6 times), Oklahoma (2.2) and North Carolina (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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