Faustin

Boys' name

Form of Faustinus

Faustin has been given to 70 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2016, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Faustin, 2024

1 in 669,000

Faustin over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Faustin: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Faustinus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Faustin means

Faustin is a form of Faustinus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Faustin is used in French.

Another recorded pronunciation is /fɔs.tɛ̃/ for Faustin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Faustinus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 70 boys were recorded with the name Faustin between 1914 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2016; its best national rank was #3,429 in 1914.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Faustin?

Faustin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Faustin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Faustin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Faustins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Faustin was born before 1991 — so the typical Faustin is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 22.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 48.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 44; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 22.9% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Faustin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2016 (7)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,429; 1914

Spellings of Faustin

Faustin is not the most common spelling — Justin is, with 53.4% against Faustin's <0.01%.

Justin53.4%790,469
Austin29.6%438,042
Dustin14.1%208,341
Agustin1.1%16,327
Austen0.55%8,125
Austyn0.35%5,173
Faustino0.26%3,812
Auston0.24%3,588

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Faustin around the world

Where Faustin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1900–2025
#1,391
in 2025
South Australia
2010–2013
#754
in 2013

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Faustin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,429; 1914
Peak year: 2016; 7 that year
First recorded: 1914
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 70
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Faustin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kashtin Brixtin Jesstin Jaystin Kastin Trintin Claytin Faust Quinntin Qwentin Kritin Castin Brittin Cristin Jaxstin Estin Coletin Daxtin Dristin Quientin Maxtin Paxtin Braxtin Keatin

Sibling names for Faustin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Karleigh Hadlee Heavenly Scarlette Ayesha Henley Annalee Raylee

For a brother

Smith Damari Kye Canaan Vladimir Cayson Hamilton Kingsley

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