Fausto

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⭐ Famous Fausto

Fausto Cercignani

Italian scholar, essayist and poet

Choose Fausto and your child shares a first name with Fausto Cercignani, an Italian scholar, essayist and poet. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Fausto, like who?” Fausto Cercignani's Wikipedia article is available in 40 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 51,813 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Fausto, 33 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Fausto would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryFausto first shows up in US birth records in 1915, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 110 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1983, when it reached #1,347.
• 🚀TrendFausto has climbed 1,090 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #3,450. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 💬MeaningIn Italian, Fausto means “lucky”. Our records link it to Italian, Latin and Spanish roots.

About the name Fausto

Fausto is a boy name of Italian, Latin and Spanish origin meaning “lucky”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with F and ending in “-sto”. US birth records list Fausto for boys from 1915 to 2025, in 108 of those 111 years. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked #1,347 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #3,450, with 33 babies.

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