Fausto
Boy · FOW-stoh · Latin
Fausto is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “lucky, fortunate”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Fausto mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Faustus
“lucky, fortunate”
From Latin Faustus, also the root of Faust, the scholar of legend who sells his soul to the devil.
- Say it
- FOW-stoh
Is Fausto a girl's or a boy's name?
Fausto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fausto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Fausto, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Fausto in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fausto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,966 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 62 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 46 | #2,171 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 53 | #1,846 |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,833 |
| 1996 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 63 | #1,467 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,567 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,626 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,459 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1988 | 53 | #1,446 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,510 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 48 | #1,364 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,464 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
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