Given name & surname
Faithful
“having a belief and trust in God”
Faithful is a variant of Faith. One English interpretation is “having a belief and trust in God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Faithful is a variant of Faith. One English interpretation is “having a belief and trust in God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Faithful is a variant of Faith. An origin associated with Faith is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Faithful through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 0 boys · 76 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,662 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,662 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Faithful’s family of names
Faithful has a related form in Faith.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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