Foch

Last seen for boys in 1919 at #2,877

Peak · boys
1918 · 58 births
Debut · boys
58 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
67
since 1918

Foch over time

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Rank among boys' names. Foch has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #869, 1918boys
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Foch! It came in at #869, and was given to 58 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920–2025, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Foch is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #406 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,187 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedMSAlabama: #448 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,588 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedHITexas: #567 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,310 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Foch, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#406 · 1 in 4,187
  2. Alabama#448 · 1 in 4,588
  3. Texas#567 · 1 in 5,310

Best ever in a state: #406 in North Carolina, 1918.

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See more about Foch
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1919
  • Biggest drop: 2,008 spots in 1919 (#869 → #2,877)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1918 at #869 (58 births)
  • Births halved by 1919, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1918
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,474
  • Highest: 1 in 17,474 boys born in 1918 were named Foch (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 108,902 boys born in 1919 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 100.0% of all boys named Foch (67) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s67#869 (1918)#1,873

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.

Foch in 1918

boys
#869
58 births · 1 in 17,474 boys

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #869Foch58
More about 1918

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 17,474 of them was named Foch, which outranked 81.9% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Foch
  1. #855Orvil59
  2. #855Rueben59
  3. #855Santiago59
  4. #869Foch58
  5. #869Artis58
  6. #869Benito58
  7. #869Carey58
  8. #882Finis57
  9. #882Gardner57
  10. #882Gerhard57

Tied with 12 names at #869; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →