Faisal
Faisal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 47 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 470.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201482 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1973
- 2,108people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,108 boys have been named Faisal in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 82 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 30%.
By decade
In 2014, its biggest year
Faisal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Faisal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Saeedpeak 2011
- Bashirpeak 2020
- Boruchpeak 2013
- Alexandrospeak 2007
- Davidsonpeak 2009
- Sionepeak 2017
- Ericksonpeak 2008
- Nabilpeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.