Festus Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Festus: every year it appeared on the national list since 1883, with 371 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

371

Peak year

1916 #1880

Years on the list

10-year trend

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In the 1910s ·

Popularity history

1883–2023

Year	Births	Rank
1943	8	#2808
1949	8	#2869
1950	6	#3444
1951	7	#3162
1952	5	#3920
1955	8	#3049
1963	5	#4249
1972	5	#5222
1975	5	#5750
1977	6	#5359
1978	5	#6121
1986	5	#7077
2003	5	#11453
2020	5	#12674
2023	5	#12831

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1916

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

Names from the same era

Hugh · 1916 Booker · 1916 Cyril · 1916 Sydney · 1916 Hyman · 1916 Aloysius · 1916 Isadore · 1916 Dorsey · 1916 Winfield · 1916 Willard · 1915

Names similar to Festus

Estus Boys Feltus Boys Fester Boys Orestus Boys Fess Boys

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