Faison — boys' name
44 babies named Faison in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Faison was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Faison in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Faison
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Faison between 1990 and 1993, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Faison currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Faison performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Faison in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 44 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Faison at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Faison popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1990
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
44 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 14 births in a single year.
Faison by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 44 births that decade — 100% of Faison's all-time total
Faison decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Faison's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.