Festus
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 371since 1883
Festus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Festus has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
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| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
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| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Festus! It came in at #677, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Festus is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Festus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Festus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 1885
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #677 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1883–1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,078
- Highest: 1 in 13,078 boys born in 1883 were named Festus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 27.5% of all boys named Festus (102) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #677 (1883) | #822 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,070 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,255 |
| 1910s | 86 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,199 |
| 1920s | 102 | #2,152 (1921) | #2,821 |
| 1930s | 41 | #2,951 (1935) | #3,377 |
| 1940s | 23 | #2,732 (1943) | #2,802 |
| 1950s | 26 | #2,964 (1955) | #3,273 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,048 (1963) | #4,048 |
| 1970s | 21 | #4,986 (1972) | #5,336 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,721 (1986) | #6,721 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,894 (2003) | #10,894 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,131 |
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.
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