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Fayetta

Recorded 1901–1977 · United States

Fayetta was most popular in 1953, when 39 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,645 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,061 people named Fayetta.

Most popular in1953
Rank that year#2,645
Births that year39
Total since 18801,061
Given to100% girls
Alive today~480
Median age74

Fayetta over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Fayetta’s peak in 1953. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Fayetta?

Fayetta first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1901, which makes it about 124 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 62 of the 125 years since. It was last recorded in 1977.

How many people are named Fayetta?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,061 American births named Fayetta between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 480 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Fayetta in 2025?

Fayetta was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Fayetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Fayetta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,061 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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.

How old is someone named Fayetta?

Roughly 480 Americans named Fayetta are alive today — 45% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 74 years old, and half are between 68 and 82.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Fayetta is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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