Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Faisal

#3,007 most common boys' name of all time · #7,282 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among boys
#3,007
Rank overall
#7,282 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
2,150
Since 2016
488
Peak year
2014 #1,819
Best rank
#1,578 1999
Girls Boys peak 82/yr
198020002020

Faisal first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 40 40 #3,053
2024 — 47 47 #2,766
2023 — 35 35 #3,378
2022 — 51 51 #2,633
2021 — 41 41 #2,996
2020 — 52 52 #2,492
2019 — 52 52 #2,540
2018 — 46 46 #2,690
2017 — 64 64 #2,142
2016 — 60 60 #2,243
2015 — 66 66 #2,123
2014 — 82 82 #1,819
2013 — 65 65 #2,079
2012 — 74 74 #1,933
2011 — 64 64 #2,087
2010 — 50 50 #2,489
2009 — 44 44 #2,780
2008 — 36 36 #3,194
2007 — 49 49 #2,551
2006 — 41 41 #2,810
2005 — 50 50 #2,344
2004 — 44 44 #2,509
2003 — 39 39 #2,602
2002 — 39 39 #2,532
2001 — 43 43 #2,327
2000 — 51 51 #2,008
1999 — 70 70 #1,578
1998 — 43 43 #2,145
1997 — 45 45 #2,015
1996 — 37 37 #2,241
1995 — 35 35 #2,282
1994 — 39 39 #2,112
1993 — 46 46 #1,840
1992 — 40 40 #1,998
1991 — 35 35 #2,133
1990 — 29 29 #2,421
1989 — 39 39 #1,915
1988 — 34 34 #1,944
1987 — 29 29 #2,106
1986 — 33 33 #1,870
1985 — 27 27 #2,110
1984 — 23 23 #2,287
1983 — 25 25 #2,134
1982 — 26 26 #2,104
1981 — 28 28 #1,992
1980 — 19 19 #2,613
1979 — 20 20 #2,454
1978 — 19 19 #2,466
1977 — 25 25 #2,006
1976 — 23 23 #2,112
1975 — 15 15 #2,748
1974 — 10 10 #3,546
1973 — 11 11 #3,218