Fosteen — girls' name
16 babies named Fosteen in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Fosteen was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Fosteen in 1938 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fosteen
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Fosteen between 1923 and 1938, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fosteen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fosteen performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Fosteen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fosteen 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 16 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.
Fosteen at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fosteen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1923
- Peak year (1938)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
16 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1938 with 6 births in a single year.
Fosteen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Fosteen's all-time total
Fosteen decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Fosteen's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 1923–1938 (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.