How popular is the name Foch in 2025?

Foch is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.

Will my child share the name Foch with classmates?

Foch will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Foch

Masculine

Rare todaygiven to only a few children a year

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Foch entered the US charts in 1918, peaked at #869 in 1918, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Foch?

Foch first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Foch alive today was born around 1918, making them about 107 years old.

When was the name Foch most popular?

Foch peaked in 1918, reaching #869 nationally. See the whole 1918 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

First recorded: 1918
Most boys named: 191858 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #869reached in 1918
Change vs 1918: −84.5%9 in 1919, from 58

Foch sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1918, with 58 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

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Fashion outlook

Foch sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.

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How popular is the name Foch in 2025?: Foch is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
Will my child share the name Foch with classmates?: Foch will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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The most-given names starting with F, all years combined.

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