Favor

girls:

456 births since 2002

#5260 (8th percentile)

boys:

122 births since 2003

#4464 (3rd percentile)

overall:

578 births since 2002

#7161 (7th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Favor is the #7,161 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 578 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 7.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,260 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 456 births since 2002. For boys, it ranks #4,464 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 122 births since 2003.

Favor first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (2002 for girls and 2003 for boys).

The name Favor has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.7% of babies named Favor were girls.

For girls, Favor reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #910) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Favor ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 79.3% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Favor reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #872) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Favor ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 71.3% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Favor".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
456
Peak Births
31
Peak Year
2021
First Recorded
2002
Peak Percentile
2.8%
Current Percentile
2.0%
Peak Rank
#910
Current Rank
#928
Female statistics
Total Births
122
Peak Births
14
Peak Year
2011
First Recorded
2003
Peak Percentile
1.0%
Current Percentile
0.4%
Peak Rank
#872
Current Rank
#907
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Favor

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Our model is 100.0% confident that Favor is pronounced as FAY-ver, which has 2 syllables.

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F EY1 V ER0

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