Foster is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1785 for boy births in the United States, given to 278 babies. Foster first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2025 (278 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 278 | #1,785 |
| 2024 | 223 | #2,084 |
| 2023 | 257 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 229 | #2,047 |
| 2021 | 234 | #2,011 |
| 2020 | 247 | #1,905 |
| 2019 | 242 | #1,951 |
| 2018 | 196 | #2,222 |
| 2017 | 239 | #1,947 |
| 2016 | 225 | #2,036 |
| 2015 | 206 | #2,180 |
| 2014 | 220 | #2,068 |
| 2013 | 222 | #2,003 |
| 2012 | 205 | #2,158 |
| 2011 | 102 | #3,436 |
| 2010 | 131 | #2,910 |
| 2009 | 116 | #3,237 |
| 2008 | 92 | #3,789 |
| 2007 | 93 | #3,736 |
| 2006 | 110 | #3,224 |
| 2005 | 84 | #3,747 |
| 2004 | 116 | #2,921 |
| 2003 | 95 | #3,277 |
| 2002 | 107 | #2,946 |
| 2001 | 91 | #3,237 |
| 2000 | 105 | #2,898 |
| 1999 | 113 | #2,631 |
| 1998 | 113 | #2,580 |
| 1997 | 120 | #2,411 |
| 1996 | 81 | #3,063 |
| 1995 | 114 | #2,424 |
| 1994 | 93 | #2,743 |
| 1993 | 79 | #3,038 |
| 1992 | 58 | #3,717 |
| 1991 | 52 | #3,927 |
| 1990 | 50 | #3,952 |
| 1989 | 40 | #4,452 |
| 1988 | 41 | #4,137 |
| 1987 | 41 | #3,964 |
| 1986 | 27 | #5,142 |
| 1985 | 43 | #3,680 |
| 1984 | 32 | #4,393 |
| 1983 | 35 | #4,039 |
| 1982 | 36 | #4,078 |
| 1981 | 35 | #4,122 |
| 1980 | 31 | #4,511 |
| 1979 | 41 | #3,633 |
| 1978 | 33 | #4,057 |
| 1977 | 46 | #3,273 |
| 1976 | 37 | #3,572 |
| 1975 | 42 | #3,255 |
| 1974 | 28 | #4,127 |
| 1973 | 35 | #3,505 |
| 1972 | 27 | #4,070 |
| 1971 | 29 | #3,984 |
| 1970 | 41 | #3,162 |
| 1969 | 26 | #3,973 |
| 1968 | 45 | #2,754 |
| 1967 | 41 | #2,857 |
| 1966 | 34 | #3,132 |
| 1965 | 48 | #2,594 |
| 1964 | 54 | #2,481 |
| 1963 | 42 | #2,854 |
| 1962 | 58 | #2,362 |
| 1961 | 75 | #2,104 |
| 1960 | 53 | #2,478 |
| 1959 | 69 | #2,123 |
| 1958 | 67 | #2,134 |
| 1957 | 73 | #2,031 |
| 1956 | 86 | #1,857 |
| 1955 | 73 | #1,964 |
| 1954 | 62 | #2,115 |
| 1953 | 73 | #1,906 |
| 1952 | 81 | #1,760 |
| 1951 | 83 | #1,728 |
| 1950 | 90 | #1,617 |
| 1949 | 107 | #1,467 |
| 1948 | 117 | #1,380 |
| 1947 | 122 | #1,358 |
| 1946 | 88 | #1,525 |
| 1945 | 106 | #1,261 |
| 1944 | 107 | #1,281 |
| 1943 | 119 | #1,244 |
| 1942 | 121 | #1,200 |
| 1941 | 93 | #1,324 |
| 1940 | 90 | #1,323 |
| 1939 | 86 | #1,337 |
| 1938 | 108 | #1,187 |
| 1937 | 102 | #1,213 |
| 1936 | 86 | #1,322 |
| 1935 | 117 | #1,105 |
| 1934 | 111 | #1,162 |
| 1933 | 100 | #1,204 |
| 1932 | 99 | #1,241 |
| 1931 | 111 | #1,156 |
| 1930 | 121 | #1,147 |
| 1929 | 117 | #1,166 |
| 1928 | 110 | #1,234 |
| 1927 | 155 | #1,042 |
| 1926 | 167 | #985 |
| 1925 | 164 | #1,022 |
| 1924 | 171 | #1,017 |
| 1923 | 181 | #960 |
| 1922 | 195 | #921 |
| 1921 | 199 | #923 |
| 1920 | 201 | #899 |
| 1919 | 188 | #910 |
| 1918 | 212 | #857 |
| 1917 | 177 | #915 |
| 1916 | 204 | #825 |
| 1915 | 166 | #895 |
| 1914 | 143 | #858 |
| 1913 | 122 | #832 |
| 1912 | 96 | #876 |
| 1911 | 61 | #880 |
| 1910 | 42 | #1,072 |
| 1909 | 36 | #1,064 |
| 1908 | 41 | #933 |
| 1907 | 29 | #1,129 |
| 1906 | 41 | #873 |
| 1905 | 31 | #1,005 |
| 1904 | 42 | #815 |
| 1903 | 28 | #990 |
| 1902 | 30 | #954 |
| 1901 | 36 | #796 |
| 1900 | 29 | #1,077 |
| 1899 | 35 | #803 |
| 1898 | 37 | #827 |
| 1897 | 37 | #771 |
| 1896 | 43 | #721 |
| 1895 | 27 | #943 |
| 1894 | 40 | #717 |
| 1893 | 36 | #735 |
| 1892 | 41 | #700 |
| 1891 | 32 | #742 |
| 1890 | 23 | #920 |
| 1889 | 27 | #816 |
| 1888 | 26 | #847 |
| 1887 | 17 | #949 |
| 1886 | 22 | #836 |
| 1885 | 25 | #765 |
| 1884 | 20 | #858 |
| 1883 | 32 | #606 |
| 1882 | 34 | #600 |
| 1881 | 22 | #707 |
| 1880 | 16 | #878 |