Foster is a boy's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 202 boys in the United States.
Foster belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Foster first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #280 in 1896, and in 2024 202 babies received the name — 12,858 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Foster is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Foster is a boy name. In 2024, 202 babies received the name in the US.
Foster comes from the English & American tradition.
Foster first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #280 in 1896, and 202 babies were given the name in 2024.
This profile is built from the US Social Security Administration's public baby-names data — see the source. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check. If you spot an error, write to [email protected].
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