Boys' name · since 1990
Faison
Faison has 44 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,030 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 44
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
44 boys have been named Faison since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faison has been recorded 44 times among boys since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 1993.
- #23,030 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 44 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faison ranks #23,030 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,030 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 44
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Faison's 44 recorded births place it above 49.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Faison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Faison splits its recorded history at 1992: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (8 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Faison popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1993
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Faison by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (44 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Faison's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Faison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 44 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Faison: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~3 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Faison draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.