Faye?

[maggiethemagpie]

What do you think of the name Faye? Is it a winner or a loser? It seems to be one of those names which is always around, never in the top 20 but never desperately out of fashion either.

Sorry 1920s. It's there with all the granny classics

I don't think that Faye/Fay has ever been very popular in the UK. It's not in the top 100 names in 1920s or 1930s, see:
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2011/06/1924-to-2009.html
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2011/06/1934-to-2009.html
Or in the 40s and 50s (same source).

Faye was ranked 198 in USA in 1920s:
www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1920s.html

Even after Fay Wray starred in King Kong in 1933, it does not seem to have become much more popular. It only climbed to no 164 (same source as above).

Fay was Wray's middle name; her first name was Vina.

Good I don't like too popular! Never thought of it as a granny name, there were a couple of Fay/e's in my year at school though. I was originally thinking Ella as I've really liked the name, from years ago, but it is far too popular now.

It is DD2 middle name without the e so I love it however it is popular in her class as there are 2 girls called it.

I don't like it, I'm not sure why. It's just a bit bland, nice for a mn perhaps but not first name.

I don't like it tbh. I do think it's a bit wishy washy/vacant. I much much much prefer Freya.

There are 2 in my dc's year one class, surprisingly. It's nice but I don't love it.

I love Faye. Its great for a child or adult. I wanted it for dd's middle but dh wanted something that was clise to it but not the same but less frequently used so we went with that.

I love it, not to often heard where I live but classic enough that people know how to say it.

Love the name faye!

80's came to mind here too. And it is bland for some reason. Nothing particularly dreadful or negative about it, though.