Faina
Faina is a name with a single cultural origin: Russian.
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Faina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Faina is a name with a single cultural origin: Russian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Faina
The earliest SSA record of Faina as a baby girl name dates back to 1995, when 5 babies received it. 2003 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Faina — #12,408 in the national rankings. About 48% of every Faina on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Faina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Faina
Faina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Faina's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #12,408. Use the chart and map above to compare Faina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.