Festus
#8,611 most common boys' name of all time · #21,770 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1883–2023
Rank among boys
#8,611
Rank overall
#21,770 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
371
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1916 #1,881
Best rank
#717 1883
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Festus first appears in 1883. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,296 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,066 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,939 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,793 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,821 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,161 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,520 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,054 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,105 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,005 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,790 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,100 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,378 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,777 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,913 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,549 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,576 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,997 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,691 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,407 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,130 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,648 |
| 1929 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,347 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,206 |
| 1927 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,554 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,413 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,190 |
| 1924 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,669 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,801 |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,376 |
| 1921 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,170 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,795 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,690 |
| 1918 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,184 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,925 |
| 1916 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,347 |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,494 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,872 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,480 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,272 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,396 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,165 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,178 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,068 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,043 |
| 1884 | — | 8 | 8 | #756 |
| 1883 | — | 8 | 8 | #717 |