How Many People Are Named Faisal?
people named Faisal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 162,987 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,150 babies named Faisal in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
82 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Faisal in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Faisal alive today is about 21 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Faisal first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 2014, to 82 babies. In 2025, 40 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Faisal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,574, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #3,051.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,051 |
| Best rank | #1,574 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,181 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Faisal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Faisal were born in California than in any other state: about 255 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Faisal was given 3.7 times as often in New York, 3.3 times in Virginia and 2.7 times in California.
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