Meaning not yet researched.
Fausto: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 33 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,348 in 1983.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,348 in 1983; #3,466 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Fausto in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,466 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1983, at #1,348.
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Fausto: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 33 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,348 in 1983 · most boys in one year: 68 (2006).
In 2025, 33 US boys were named Fausto, making it the 3,466th most common boys’ name of the year, up 11 places from #3,477 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 33 boys named Fausto in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,348, reached in 1983. The most boys given the name in a single year was 68, in 2006. For comparison, it was #3,103 in 2015 and #1,902 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fausto in 108 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1915 with 6 babies. In all, 2,918 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 539 babies named Fausto.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 308 US boys were named Fausto; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 38. In 2025 that was about 1 in 51,760 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Faustino (3,812 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Fausto in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 33 | #3,466 |
| 2024 | — | — | 33 | #3,477 |
| 2023 | — | — | 31 | #3,649 |
| 2022 | — | — | 36 | #3,294 |
| 2021 | — | — | 27 | #3,942 |
| 2020 | — | — | 21 | #4,597 |
| 2019 | — | — | 27 | #3,930 |
| 2018 | — | — | 27 | #3,920 |
| 2017 | — | — | 35 | #3,265 |
| 2016 | — | — | 38 | #3,080 |
| 2015 | — | — | 37 | #3,103 |
| 2014 | — | — | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2013 | — | — | 30 | #3,523 |
| 2012 | — | — | 38 | #3,017 |
| 2011 | — | — | 34 | #3,264 |
| 2010 | — | — | 42 | #2,838 |
| 2009 | — | — | 55 | #2,360 |
| 2008 | — | — | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2007 | — | — | 51 | #2,484 |
| 2006 | — | — | 68 | #1,977 |
| 2005 | — | — | 51 | #2,308 |
| 2004 | — | — | 62 | #1,961 |
| 2003 | — | — | 46 | #2,324 |
| 2002 | — | — | 57 | #1,953 |
| 2001 | — | — | 54 | #1,990 |
| 2000 | — | — | 46 | #2,182 |
| 1999 | — | — | 46 | #2,075 |
| 1998 | — | — | 53 | #1,855 |
| 1997 | — | — | 51 | #1,842 |
| 1996 | — | — | 63 | #1,581 |
| 1995 | — | — | 47 | #1,849 |
| 1994 | — | — | 40 | #2,055 |
| 1993 | — | — | 63 | #1,478 |
| 1992 | — | — | 56 | #1,584 |
| 1991 | — | — | 51 | #1,634 |
| 1990 | — | — | 59 | #1,473 |
| 1989 | — | — | 44 | #1,742 |
| 1988 | — | — | 53 | #1,455 |
| 1987 | — | — | 46 | #1,546 |
| 1986 | — | — | 44 | #1,516 |
| 1985 | — | — | 46 | #1,456 |
| 1984 | — | — | 48 | #1,372 |
| 1983 | — | — | 48 | #1,348 |
| 1982 | — | — | 44 | #1,446 |
| 1981 | — | — | 34 | #1,707 |
| 1980 | — | — | 39 | #1,552 |
| 1979 | — | — | 41 | #1,471 |
| 1978 | — | — | 26 | #1,934 |
| 1977 | — | — | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1976 | — | — | 24 | #2,017 |
| 1975 | — | — | 24 | #1,967 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,072 |
| 1973 | — | — | 20 | #2,071 |
| 1972 | — | — | 30 | #1,573 |
| 1971 | — | — | 34 | #1,474 |
| 1970 | — | — | 24 | #1,815 |
| 1969 | — | — | 14 | #2,349 |
| 1968 | — | — | 16 | #2,056 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #1,991 |
| 1966 | — | — | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1965 | — | — | 13 | #2,301 |
| 1964 | — | — | 28 | #1,495 |
| 1963 | — | — | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1962 | — | — | 17 | #1,993 |
| 1961 | — | — | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1960 | — | — | 11 | #2,583 |
| 1959 | — | — | 17 | #1,999 |
| 1958 | — | — | 13 | #2,297 |
| 1957 | — | — | 9 | #2,889 |
| 1956 | — | — | 10 | #2,686 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,047 |
| 1954 | — | — | 7 | #3,260 |
| 1953 | — | — | 14 | #2,129 |
| 1952 | — | — | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,171 |
| 1950 | — | — | 16 | #1,902 |
| 1949 | — | — | 11 | #2,380 |
| 1948 | — | — | 8 | #2,859 |
| 1947 | — | — | 13 | #2,191 |
| 1946 | — | — | 9 | #2,592 |
| 1945 | — | — | 9 | #2,453 |
| 1944 | — | — | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1943 | — | — | 5 | #3,705 |
| 1942 | — | — | 6 | #3,331 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,380 |
| 1939 | — | — | 11 | #2,209 |
| 1937 | — | — | 5 | #3,710 |
| 1936 | — | — | 7 | #2,981 |
| 1935 | — | — | 15 | #1,866 |
| 1934 | — | — | 7 | #3,093 |
| 1933 | — | — | 9 | #2,604 |
| 1932 | — | — | 9 | #2,703 |
| 1931 | — | — | 20 | #1,602 |
| 1930 | — | — | 22 | #1,578 |
| 1929 | — | — | 12 | #2,370 |
| 1928 | — | — | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #2,988 |
| 1926 | — | — | 11 | #2,625 |
| 1925 | — | — | 11 | #2,643 |
| 1924 | — | — | 16 | #2,077 |
| 1923 | — | — | 8 | #3,260 |
| 1922 | — | — | 6 | #4,008 |
| 1921 | — | — | 8 | #3,306 |
| 1920 | — | — | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1919 | — | — | 5 | #4,384 |
| 1916 | — | — | 5 | #4,126 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,550 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).