Foster
#1,000 most common boys' name of all time · #2,361 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,000
Rank overall
#2,361 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
13,408
Since 2016
2,370
Peak year
2025 #901
Best rank
#281 1896
Girls
Boys
peak 278/yr
Foster is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 264 | 278 | #901 |
| 2024 | 21 | 202 | 223 | #1,077 |
| 2023 | 25 | 232 | 257 | #966 |
| 2022 | 16 | 213 | 229 | #1,037 |
| 2021 | 17 | 217 | 234 | #1,006 |
| 2020 | 21 | 226 | 247 | #961 |
| 2019 | 15 | 227 | 242 | #945 |
| 2018 | 12 | 184 | 196 | #1,077 |
| 2017 | 16 | 223 | 239 | #936 |
| 2016 | 11 | 214 | 225 | #963 |
| 2015 | 10 | 196 | 206 | #1,033 |
| 2014 | 11 | 209 | 220 | #991 |
| 2013 | 9 | 213 | 222 | #937 |
| 2012 | 5 | 200 | 205 | #993 |
| 2011 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,546 |
| 2010 | 5 | 126 | 131 | #1,350 |
| 2009 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,443 |
| 2008 | 5 | 87 | 92 | #1,736 |
| 2007 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,650 |
| 2006 | 11 | 99 | 110 | #1,519 |
| 2005 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,619 |
| 2004 | 5 | 111 | 116 | #1,329 |
| 2003 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,401 |
| 2002 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,268 |
| 2001 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,387 |
| 2000 | 7 | 98 | 105 | #1,314 |
| 1999 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,158 |
| 1998 | 7 | 106 | 113 | #1,173 |
| 1997 | 7 | 113 | 120 | #1,117 |
| 1996 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,334 |
| 1995 | 5 | 109 | 114 | #1,081 |
| 1994 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,192 |
| 1993 | 5 | 74 | 79 | #1,322 |
| 1992 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,529 |
| 1991 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,616 |
| 1990 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,637 |
| 1989 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,858 |
| 1988 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,709 |
| 1987 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,658 |
| 1986 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,099 |
| 1985 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,525 |
| 1984 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,767 |
| 1983 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,652 |
| 1982 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,657 |
| 1981 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,661 |
| 1980 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,811 |
| 1979 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,468 |
| 1978 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,657 |
| 1977 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,335 |
| 1976 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,472 |
| 1975 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,345 |
| 1974 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,695 |
| 1973 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,436 |
| 1972 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,683 |
| 1971 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,641 |
| 1970 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,299 |
| 1969 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,610 |
| 1968 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,121 |
| 1967 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,169 |
| 1966 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,303 |
| 1965 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,064 |
| 1964 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,027 |
| 1963 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,199 |
| 1962 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,007 |
| 1961 | — | 75 | 75 | #883 |
| 1960 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,061 |
| 1959 | — | 69 | 69 | #920 |
| 1958 | — | 67 | 67 | #929 |
| 1957 | — | 73 | 73 | #885 |
| 1956 | — | 86 | 86 | #804 |
| 1955 | — | 73 | 73 | #862 |
| 1954 | — | 62 | 62 | #939 |
| 1953 | — | 73 | 73 | #839 |
| 1952 | — | 81 | 81 | #782 |
| 1951 | — | 83 | 83 | #766 |
| 1950 | — | 90 | 90 | #723 |
| 1949 | — | 107 | 107 | #665 |
| 1948 | — | 117 | 117 | #626 |
| 1947 | — | 122 | 122 | #616 |
| 1946 | — | 88 | 88 | #690 |
| 1945 | — | 106 | 106 | #586 |
| 1944 | — | 107 | 107 | #594 |
| 1943 | — | 119 | 119 | #581 |
| 1942 | 5 | 116 | 121 | #576 |
| 1941 | — | 93 | 93 | #629 |
| 1940 | — | 90 | 90 | #629 |
| 1939 | — | 86 | 86 | #639 |
| 1938 | — | 108 | 108 | #561 |
| 1937 | — | 102 | 102 | #571 |
| 1936 | — | 86 | 86 | #628 |
| 1935 | — | 117 | 117 | #535 |
| 1934 | — | 111 | 111 | #562 |
| 1933 | — | 100 | 100 | #577 |
| 1932 | — | 99 | 99 | #593 |
| 1931 | — | 111 | 111 | #557 |
| 1930 | — | 121 | 121 | #547 |
| 1929 | — | 117 | 117 | #544 |
| 1928 | — | 110 | 110 | #589 |
| 1927 | — | 155 | 155 | #487 |
| 1926 | — | 167 | 167 | #466 |
| 1925 | 5 | 159 | 164 | #482 |
| 1924 | — | 171 | 171 | #472 |
| 1923 | 5 | 176 | 181 | #461 |
| 1922 | 6 | 189 | 195 | #443 |
| 1921 | — | 199 | 199 | #432 |
| 1920 | — | 201 | 201 | #419 |
| 1919 | — | 188 | 188 | #429 |
| 1918 | — | 212 | 212 | #406 |
| 1917 | — | 177 | 177 | #426 |
| 1916 | — | 204 | 204 | #387 |
| 1915 | — | 166 | 166 | #419 |
| 1914 | 5 | 138 | 143 | #405 |
| 1913 | — | 122 | 122 | #382 |
| 1912 | — | 96 | 96 | #392 |
| 1911 | — | 61 | 61 | #354 |
| 1910 | — | 42 | 42 | #418 |
| 1909 | — | 36 | 36 | #412 |
| 1908 | — | 41 | 41 | #358 |
| 1907 | — | 29 | 29 | #436 |
| 1906 | — | 41 | 41 | #322 |
| 1905 | — | 31 | 31 | #376 |
| 1904 | — | 42 | 42 | #304 |
| 1903 | — | 28 | 28 | #365 |
| 1902 | — | 30 | 30 | #364 |
| 1901 | — | 36 | 36 | #293 |
| 1900 | — | 29 | 29 | #420 |
| 1899 | — | 35 | 35 | #299 |
| 1898 | — | 37 | 37 | #319 |
| 1897 | — | 37 | 37 | #305 |
| 1896 | — | 43 | 43 | #281 |
| 1895 | — | 27 | 27 | #363 |
| 1894 | — | 40 | 40 | #282 |
| 1893 | — | 36 | 36 | #291 |
| 1892 | — | 41 | 41 | #287 |
| 1891 | — | 32 | 32 | #296 |
| 1890 | — | 23 | 23 | #373 |
| 1889 | — | 27 | 27 | #346 |
| 1888 | — | 26 | 26 | #366 |
| 1887 | — | 17 | 17 | #414 |
| 1886 | — | 22 | 22 | #378 |
| 1885 | — | 25 | 25 | #352 |
| 1884 | — | 20 | 20 | #411 |
| 1883 | — | 32 | 32 | #293 |
| 1882 | — | 34 | 34 | #297 |
| 1881 | — | 22 | 22 | #359 |
| 1880 | — | 16 | 16 | #449 |