Boys' name · since 1993
Faysal
205 babies named Faysal in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,804 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 205
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
205 boys have been named Faysal since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Faysal has 205 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2023.
- #12,804 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 205 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faysal ranks #12,804 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 205 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,804 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 205
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Faysal's 205 recorded births place it above 71.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Faysal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Faysal splits its recorded history at 2008: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Faysal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2023
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Faysal by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (101 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Faysal's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Faysal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 101 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Faysal's decade-level peak was the 2000s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Faysal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1993–2023 (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 Faysal 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.