How rare is the name Fausto?

8,708 people in the United States have the first name Fausto, about 1 in 34,684. It ranks #2,697 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FAUSTO

#2,697

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,708
About
1 in 34,684
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,708 people named Fausto, 92.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% as White and 1.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fausto peaked in 2006, when 68 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
68
In 2025*
33 ▼51%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,918 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Fausto by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,701. The largest share of babies named Fausto, 27.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#8,84716
1920s#5,199104
1930s#4,575105
1940s#5,39788
1950s#5,293120
1960s#4,912163
1970s#4,380275
1980s#3,701446
1990s#4,105529
2000s#5,125539
2010s#7,167352
2020s#7,873181
Greatest Generation 1901–273.2%
Silent Generation 1928–456.1%
Baby boom 1946–648.5%
Generation X 1965–8013.4%
Millennials 1981–9626.9%
Generation Z 1997–1227.5%
2013 and later14.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Fausto is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fausto has been most common in California (5.3×), Texas (3.1×), and Arizona (2.3×), and least common in Florida (0.78×).

1,588 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Fausto

#2,695 Lawanda · 8,713#2,696 Zoie · 8,712#2,698 Adelynn · 8,706#2,699 Tevin · 8,702

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fausto, most common first.

#14,042 Fausta · 846#49,963 Faust · 122

Also a last name

As a last name, Fausto ranks #15,640 of 156,621, with 1,798 people. See Fausto as a last name

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