UK girl's name
Faela
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Faela is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Faela popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5687, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2023, with 3 births.
This profile covers 3 England and Wales registrations across 1 recorded years from 2023 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
Faela is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 8 living people in the UK are called Faela. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Faela ranked #5687 for girls in England and Wales in 2023, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2023, when 3 girls were registered as Faela.
- • Faela ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #288 in 2024.
- • About 8 living people in the UK are estimated to have Faela as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5687
2023
Births in 2023
3
Latest year
Peak year
2023
3 births
Estimated living
8
2026
Decades
Faela by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Faela was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #5687 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Faela is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Faela. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Faela ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #288 in 2024.
Across the UK
Faela in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#288 in 2024
1 years of NISRA records, 5 total registered
Related
Names similar to Faela
- Freya 50,564
- Florence 32,908
- Francesca 18,752
- Faith 14,325
- Fatima 11,112
- Faye 8,999
- Felicity 8,554
- Frankie 6,977
- Ffion 6,115
- Flora 3,499
- Frances 3,417
- Fatimah 3,065
FAQ
Faela: questions and answers
How popular is the name Faela in the UK right now?
In 2023, Faela was ranked #5687 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Faela most popular?
The peak year on record was 2023, with 3 babies registered as Faela in England and Wales.
How many people are called Faela in the UK?
A total of 3 babies have been registered as Faela across the 1 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 5 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Faela most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Faela ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #288 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.