Favor
Favor was the 4589th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 4442nd with 31 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 439 places. More babies were named Favor in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,589 girls, up 2,742 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30girls
- Girls and boys
- 76% girls, 24% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202131 babies
- Total since 1880
- 656babies recorded
Favor popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,589 | #8,469 | 30 | 9 |
| 2020 | #7,331 | — | 15 | — |
| 2010 | #7,016 | #12,883 | 18 | 5 |
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How popular is Favor, counting every spelling?
Favor is the most common spelling of a name family that had 45 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 45 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Favor | 30 | #4,589 | 145 |
| Favour | 15 | #7,242 | 62 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Favor?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Favor (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Favor born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Favor.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Favor?
About 500 people born in the US named Favor are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Favor a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Favor by state
How common Favor was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Favor: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Favor, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Favor
How popular is the name Favor?
Favor was the 4589th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 4442nd with 31 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 439 places. More babies were named Favor in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Favor a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 76% girls, 24% boys given the name Favor in the US.
Where is Favor most popular?
In 2021–2025, Favor was most common in North Carolina (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.