How Many People Are Named Faolan?
An estimated 187 people in the United States have the first name Faolan. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Faolan peaked in popularity in 2023 with 23 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Faolan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Faolan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
187
About 1 in 1,832,911 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2023
23 births
Total Registered
188
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Faolan
Faolan is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 188 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Faolan as a male name
Ranked #6,250 in 2024
14 male births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (23 births)
Faolan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Faolan span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 100 babies were registered. While Faolan is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Faolan by Decade
How has Faolan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Faolan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Faolan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Faolan
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Faolan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Faolan?
We estimate approximately 187 people named Faolan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,832,911 Americans share this first name.
Is Faolan a common name?
Faolan is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 188 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Faolan most popular?
Faolan reached peak popularity in 2023, when 23 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Faolan is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Faolan a male name?
Faolan is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Faolan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Faolan Smith, Faolan Johnson, Faolan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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