Fun Facts About the Name Faithful
- 76 babies named Faithful: U.S. records list 76 babies given the name Faithful from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Faithful Mean?
Faithful is an English word name taken from the adjective faithful. The adjective joins faith, which comes through Old French from Latin fides, meaning trust or faith, with the suffix -ful, from Old English -full, meaning full of. Its literal sense is therefore full of faith. In ordinary use, faithful usually means loyal, true, or steadfast, and the given name is a virtue name expressing those qualities.
Faithful Name History & Origins
As a personal name, Faithful belongs to the English tradition of virtue names, in which words such as Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, and Patience were used as names. This practice was especially common among Protestant, and particularly Puritan, families in England and New England during the 16th and 17th centuries. A known bearer was Faithful Teate, a 17th-century Irish clergyman and poet. The adjective faithful is older, recorded in Middle English with the senses full of faith and loyal or steadfast.
Faithful is also the name of a pilgrim martyred at Vanity Fair in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678). That character is an allegorical figure; the literary association does not establish the name's origin or first use. Faithful remains an uncommon given name.
How Popular is the Name Faithful?
Faithful has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #10,369 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,662 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #13,974 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #16,084 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #16,021 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #16,325 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #13,166 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #13,358 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #10,369 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #17,413 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #18,207 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #18,529 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #15,104 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #16,573 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Faithful Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are kind, home-loving, hospitable and friendly. Since you take responsibility well, you are a good organizer of social affairs. Compassion for others is an outstanding trait. You are a great lover and a great flirt – an artist, musician, actor, teacher, nurse. Your character can be contradictory. You are practical, yet idealistic and intuitive; capable of selfless devotion to someone you love, yet look to receive payback. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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