Faisal
#3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 70 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,150since 1973
Faisal over time
Rank among boys' names. Faisal has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,036 | 40 |
| 2024 | #2,750 | 47 |
| 2023 | #3,347 | 35 |
| 2022 | #2,616 | 51 |
| 2021 | #2,972 | 41 |
| 2020 | #2,467 | 52 |
| 2019 | #2,525 | 52 |
| 2018 | #2,674 | 46 |
| 2017 | #2,130 | 64 |
| 2016 | #2,228 | 60 |
| 2015 | #2,112 | 66 |
| 2014 | #1,812 | 82 |
| 2013 | #2,065 | 65 |
| 2012 | #1,923 | 74 |
| 2011 | #2,077 | 64 |
| 2010 | #2,467 | 50 |
| 2009 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2008 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #2,533 | 49 |
| 2006 | #2,784 | 41 |
| 2005 | #2,325 | 50 |
| 2004 | #2,489 | 44 |
| 2003 | #2,579 | 39 |
| 2002 | #2,504 | 39 |
| 2001 | #2,306 | 43 |
| 2000 | #1,993 | 51 |
| 1999 | #1,574 | 70 |
| 1998 | #2,126 | 43 |
| 1997 | #1,991 | 45 |
| 1996 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #2,082 | 39 |
| 1993 | #1,824 | 46 |
| 1992 | #1,981 | 40 |
| 1991 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #1,891 | 39 |
| 1988 | #1,909 | 34 |
| 1987 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #1,837 | 33 |
| 1985 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Faisal! It came in at #3,013, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 16 boys a year got the name.
Where Faisal is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#600 · 1 in 5,692
- New York#833 · 1 in 9,478
- Pennsylvania#880 · 1 in 13,210
- California#1,046 · 1 in 17,272
Best ever in a state: #476 in Virginia, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #600 | 7 | 1 in 5,692 |
| New York | #833 | 12 | 1 in 9,478 |
| Pennsylvania | #880 | 5 | 1 in 13,210 |
| California | #1,046 | 14 | 1 in 17,272 |
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See more about Faisal
- 286 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #3,036)
- 569 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #3,036)
- 924 spots since 2015 (#2,112 → #3,036)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1999 at #1,574 (70 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,425 boys born in 2014 were named Faisal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,574 in 1999, was only 1 in 27,431 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.0% of all boys named Faisal (623) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 123 | #1,948 (1977) | #2,532 |
| 1980s | 283 | #1,837 (1986) | #2,062 |
| 1990s | 419 | #1,574 (1999) | #2,052 |
| 2000s | 436 | #1,993 (2000) | #2,543 |
| 2010s | 623 | #1,812 (2014) | #2,201 |
| 2020s | 266 | #2,467 (2020) | #2,865 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Faisal in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
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1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 27,431 of them was named Faisal, which outranked 86.4% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,560Obed71
- #1,560Shimon71
- #1,560Tyren71
- #1,574Faisal70
- #1,574Arnoldo70
- #1,574Ceasar70
- #1,574Dontay70
- #1,580Anson69
- #1,580Avraham69
- #1,580Cal69
Tied with 5 names at #1,574; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.