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Foster Name Popularity

How popular is the name Foster? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 10 0.0028%
1911 — 10 0.0027%
1912 — 51 0.0101%
1913 — 59 0.0104%
1914 — 76 0.0109%
1915 — 113 0.0124%
1916 — 147 0.0152%
1917 — 126 0.0126%
1918 — 175 0.0163%
1919 — 129 0.0123%
1920 — 155 0.0139%
1921 — 143 0.0125%
1922 — 132 0.0118%
1923 — 127 0.0113%
1924 — 131 0.0113%
1925 — 102 0.009%
1926 — 126 0.0115%
1927 — 112 0.0101%
1928 — 51 0.0048%
1929 — 75 0.0072%
1930 — 89 0.0085%
1931 — 69 0.007%
1932 — 62 0.0063%
1933 — 44 0.0047%
1934 — 66 0.0068%
1935 — 71 0.0073%
1936 — 50 0.0052%
1937 — 59 0.006%
1938 — 58 0.0057%
1939 — 37 0.0036%
1940 — 36 0.0034%
1941 — 48 0.0043%
1942 — 56 0.0044%
1943 — 66 0.0051%
1944 — 65 0.0052%
1945 — 52 0.0043%
1946 — 49 0.0033%
1947 — 74 0.0044%
1948 — 64 0.004%
1949 — 65 0.004%
1950 — 33 0.002%
1951 — 46 0.0027%
1952 — 40 0.0023%
1953 — 23 0.0013%
1954 — 6 0.0003%
1955 — 34 0.0018%
1956 — 33 0.0017%
1957 — 15 0.0008%
1958 — 27 0.0014%
1959 — 16 0.0008%
1960 — 11 0.0006%
1961 — 29 0.0015%
1962 — 12 0.0007%
1963 — 0 0%
1964 — 13 0.0007%
1965 — 0 0%
1966 — 6 0.0004%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 — 5 0.0003%
1969 — 0 0%
1970 — 5 0.0003%
1971 — 5 0.0003%
1972 — 0 0%
1973 — 6 0.0005%
1974 — 0 0%
1975 — 11 0.0009%
1976 — 0 0%
1977 — 6 0.0004%
1978 — 0 0%
1979 — 0 0%
1980 — 10 0.0007%
1981 — 5 0.0003%
1982 — 5 0.0003%
1983 — 0 0%
1984 — 10 0.0007%
1985 — 10 0.0007%
1986 — 0 0%
1987 — 0 0%
1988 — 5 0.0003%
1989 — 0 0%
1990 — 9 0.0005%
1991 — 5 0.0003%
1992 — 17 0.0011%
1993 — 18 0.0012%
1994 — 42 0.0027%
1995 — 53 0.0035%
1996 — 29 0.0019%
1997 — 67 0.0045%
1998 — 30 0.002%
1999 — 60 0.004%
2000 — 34 0.0022%
2001 — 29 0.0019%
2002 — 40 0.0027%
2003 — 42 0.0028%
2004 — 59 0.0039%
2005 — 17 0.0011%
2006 — 41 0.0026%
2007 — 43 0.0027%
2008 — 39 0.0025%
2009 — 63 0.0042%
2010 — 53 0.0037%
2011 — 47 0.0033%
2012 — 140 0.0098%
2013 — 176 0.0124%
2014 — 162 0.0111%
2015 — 130 0.0089%
2016 — 161 0.0112%
2017 — 168 0.012%
2018 — 135 0.0098%
2019 — 175 0.0129%
2020 — 162 0.0127%
2021 — 165 0.0135%
2022 — 162 0.0123%
2023 — 175 0.0135%

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Vester

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Coster

Peddler

English

Forster

Woodsman; woods

French

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  1. Foster is my husbands middle name and means “of the forest”.

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