Is Foster a boy or girl name?
Foster is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 21 girls and 202 boys were named Foster, so 9.4% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 2.1% of the 13,130 US babies named Foster were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,075
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,838
- Babies named Foster since 1880
- 13,130
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 257 babies
Boys and girls named Foster, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 241 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 351 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 343 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 1,406 | 5 | 0.4% |
| 1920s | 1,644 | 16 | 1% |
| 1930s | 1,040 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 1,065 | 5 | 0.5% |
| 1950s | 758 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 476 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 359 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 361 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 849 | 24 | 2.7% |
| 2000s | 981 | 28 | 2.8% |
| 2010s | 1,894 | 94 | 4.7% |
| 2020s | 1,090 | 100 | 8.4% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 202 | #1,075 | 21 | #5,838 |
| 2023 | 232 | #966 | 25 | #5,167 |
| 2022 | 213 | #1,038 | 16 | #7,082 |
| 2021 | 217 | #1,009 | 17 | #6,785 |
| 2020 | 226 | #962 | 21 | #5,715 |
| 2019 | 227 | #945 | 15 | #7,477 |
| 2018 | 184 | #1,077 | 12 | #8,795 |
| 2017 | 223 | #937 | 16 | #7,202 |
| 2016 | 214 | #964 | 11 | #9,627 |
| 2015 | 196 | #1,033 | 10 | #10,376 |
| 2014 | 209 | #991 | 11 | #9,751 |
| 2013 | 213 | #937 | 9 | #11,312 |
| 2012 | 200 | #994 | 5 | #17,749 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,550 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 126 | #1,352 | 5 | #17,901 |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,445 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 87 | #1,745 | 5 | #18,435 |
| 2007 | 93 | #1,653 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 99 | #1,521 | 11 | #10,135 |
| 2005 | 84 | #1,622 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,328 | 5 | #16,973 |
| 2003 | 95 | #1,403 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,274 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,387 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,318 | 7 | #12,216 |
| 1999 | 113 | #1,159 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 106 | #1,172 | 7 | #11,531 |
| 1997 | 113 | #1,119 | 7 | #11,223 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,340 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,082 | 5 | #14,173 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,196 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,326 | 5 | #14,223 |
| 1992 | 58 | #1,531 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 52 | #1,619 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,641 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,867 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,717 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,668 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,116 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 43 | #1,530 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,774 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,666 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,659 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,674 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,826 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,472 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,668 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,346 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,477 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,348 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,715 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,447 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,697 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,645 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,304 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,618 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,122 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,167 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,313 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,073 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,030 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,204 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,009 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 75 | #887 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,061 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 69 | #922 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 67 | #931 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 73 | #886 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 86 | #805 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 73 | #866 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 62 | #942 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 73 | #841 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 81 | #781 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 83 | #769 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 91 | #718 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 107 | #664 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 117 | #627 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 122 | #616 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 88 | #691 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 106 | #586 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 107 | #594 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 119 | #582 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 116 | #577 | 5 | #4,870 |
| 1941 | 93 | #632 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 90 | #627 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 86 | #639 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 108 | #562 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 102 | #570 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 86 | #628 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 116 | #536 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 111 | #561 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 100 | #579 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 99 | #593 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 111 | #557 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 121 | #548 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 117 | #543 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 110 | #590 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 155 | #488 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 167 | #465 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 159 | #482 | 5 | #5,277 |
| 1924 | 171 | #472 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 176 | #462 | 5 | #5,233 |
| 1922 | 189 | #443 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1921 | 199 | #432 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 201 | #418 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 188 | #430 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 212 | #406 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 177 | #426 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 204 | #387 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 166 | #419 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 138 | #405 | 5 | #3,838 |
| 1913 | 122 | #383 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 96 | #391 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 61 | #353 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 42 | #417 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 36 | #410 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 41 | #357 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 29 | #430 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 41 | #322 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 31 | #375 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 42 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 28 | #363 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 30 | #360 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 36 | #292 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 29 | #420 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 35 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 37 | #318 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 37 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 43 | #280 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 27 | #362 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 40 | #282 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 36 | #287 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 41 | #284 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 32 | #293 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 23 | #373 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 27 | #341 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 26 | #363 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 17 | #414 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 22 | #373 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 25 | #348 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 20 | #404 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 32 | #289 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 34 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 22 | #353 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 16 | #448 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Foster reached #280 in 1896. As a girl name, it reached #3,838 in 1914. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.