Is Favor a boy or girl name?

Favor is a unisex name. Of the 656 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 78.8% were girls and 21.2% were boys.

Favor

Recorded 2002–2025 · United States

Favor was most popular in 2022, when 41 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,441 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,632, with 39 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 656 people named Favor.

Favor over time

Births per year. The dot marks Favor’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Favor a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Favor is a unisex name — 78.8% of the 656 Americans given it were girls and 21.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 76% girls and 24% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org