How Many People Are Named Faelyn?
An estimated 202 people in the United States have the first name Faelyn. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 9 years old, and Faelyn peaked in popularity in 2016 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Faelyn as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Faelyn paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
202
About 1 in 1,696,804 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
9
years old
Peak Year
2016
19 births
Total Registered
203
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Faelyn
Faelyn is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 203 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Faelyn as a female name
Ranked #6,707 in 2024
17 female births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (19 births)
Faelyn: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Faelyn span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 115 babies were registered. While Faelyn is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Faelyn by Decade
How has Faelyn tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Faelyn + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Faelyn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Faelyn
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Faelyn: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Faelyn?
We estimate approximately 202 people named Faelyn are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,696,804 Americans share this first name.
Is Faelyn a common name?
Faelyn is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 203 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Faelyn most popular?
Faelyn reached peak popularity in 2016, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Faelyn is approximately 9 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Faelyn a female name?
Faelyn is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Faelyn Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Faelyn Smith, Faelyn Johnson, Faelyn Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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