Faustine
A feminine name from Latin origins meaning "the fortunate one".
Name Census estimates that about 110 living Americans carry the first name Faustine. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Faustine today is around 55 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Faustine births was 1923 (17 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Faustine. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Faustine with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
110
~ 1 in 3,115,949 Americans
Peak year
1923
17 babies that year
Average age
55
years old
2016 SSA rank
#17,108
Tracked since 1911
Census
Faustine in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 371 people with the first name Faustine, which placed it at #25,534 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#25,534
National first-name rank
People counted
371
371 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
38.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Faustine
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Faustine is White at 38.5%. The next largest groups are Black (32.1%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (21.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Faustine described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Faustine at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White38.5% · 143
- Black or African American32.1% · 119
- Asian and Pacific Islander21.3% · 79
- Hispanic or Latino3.8% · 14
- Two or more races3.5% · 13
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 3
Popularity
Faustine: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Faustine from the 1910s through to the 2010s, spanning 9 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 95 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1920s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Faustine by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Faustine during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Faustines live
Origin
Meaning and history of Faustine
The name Faustine is derived from the Latin name Faustinus, which means "lucky" or "auspicious." It is a feminine form of the masculine name Faustinus, which was relatively common in ancient Rome.
The earliest known use of the name Faustine dates back to the 2nd century AD, when it was borne by two Roman empresses – Faustina the Elder (circa 100-140 AD) and Faustina the Younger (circa 125-175 AD). They were the wives of the Roman emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, respectively.
In the 4th century, there was a Saint Faustine, a virgin martyr from Rome who was executed during the Diocletian persecution of Christians. Her feast day is celebrated on October 20th in the Catholic Church.
During the Renaissance period, the name Faustine was occasionally used as a feminine form of the name Faustus, which was derived from the Latin word "faustus" meaning "fortunate" or "lucky." One notable bearer of this name was Faustina Bordoni (1697-1781), an Italian mezzo-soprano who was one of the most famous singers of her time.
In the 19th century, the French author Honoré de Balzac used the name Faustine for a character in his novel "La Cousine Bette" (1846). This helped to popularize the name in France and other parts of Europe.
Other historical figures who bore the name Faustine include Faustine Soulé (1738-1790), a French actress and dancer, and Faustine Menard Hogan (1835-1909), an American philanthropist and one of the founders of the Catholic Sisterhood of the Holy Child Jesus.
People
Faustine + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Faustine as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with F
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Faustine: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Faustine?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 110 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Faustine going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,115,949 US residents.
Is Faustine a common name?
We classify Faustine as "Very Rare". It ranks above 65.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 362 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Faustine most popular?
The single biggest year for Faustine was 1923, when 17 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Faustine is about 55 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Faustine in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 371 people with the name Faustine, or 0.12 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #25,534 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Faustine in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Faustine?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Faustine leans strongly female. 334 people counted with this name were female (88.8%), compared with 42 male bearers (11.2%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Faustine?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Faustine is White at 38.5%. The next largest groups are Black (32.1%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (21.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Faustine most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Faustine in the 2020 Census, accounting for 38.5% (143 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Faustine in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Faustine a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Faustine in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Faustine still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Faustine in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Faustine can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Faustine?
You can see how many Americans are named Faustine on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.