Faiga
Feminine · “bird”
Faiga is a bird in Yiddish — feygl, from the German Vogel — and Yiddish naming used ordinary creatures freely.
How old is the name Faiga?
Faiga first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Faiga is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,500 people named Faiga are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Faiga most popular?
Faiga peaked in 2024, reaching #2434 nationally. Today it ranks #2458, 24 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From feygl to Faiga
The story of Faiga
Yiddish naming paired Hebrew names with Yiddish equivalents by meaning — Tzipporah, a bird in Hebrew, matched Feygl, a bird in Yiddish, and a woman might carry both. Faiga is one of the affectionate forms. It is current in Orthodox communities and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
bird
From the Yiddish feygl, 'bird', cognate with the German Vogel and the English 'fowl'. Faiga and Feiga are affectionate forms used as names. It also served as a Yiddish equivalent for the Hebrew Tzipporah, also 'bird'. The Yiddish is documented.
How the name formed
- feygl
- Feiga
- Faiga
Related forms: פייגא · Feiga · Vogel
Pronouncing Faiga
FAY-gah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Yiddish says it the same way.
Nicknames for Faiga
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most girls named
- 202474 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2434reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −2.7%72 in 2025, from 74
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Faiga in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- פייגא in Yiddish — transliteration
- Feiga in English — spelling variant
- Vogel in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey.
Faigas among us
people named Faiga are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,323 born in 2025 was named Faiga
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Toye test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Faiga's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Toye climbed just as high around 1914, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Toye's path sketches the road Faiga is walking now.
Faiga sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Faiga is headed
Faiga should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Faiga beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Faiga in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Hebrew and Yiddish names were paired by meaning is a first-rate practice.
- The bird meaning is concrete and gentle.
- Feigel is available as a fuller form.
- It reads as specifically Orthodox Ashkenazi.
- Several spellings are in circulation.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Feminine · #2458 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Faigas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Faiga are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Faiga in 2025?
- Faiga ranks #2458 among US girl names in 2025, with 72 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Faiga?
- About 1 in every 22,323 US girls born in 2025 was named Faiga — 72 in all.
- Will my child share the name Faiga with classmates?
- Faiga will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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