Fausto — #3452 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Fausto

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,885 babies named Fausto between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fausto currently holds the #3452 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fausto performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 539 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Fausto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 842 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Fausto in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fausto 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 2,885 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.