Meaning and history
Foster began as an English occupational surname for a foster parent or, in another derivation, a forester. It later entered use as a given name, especially in the United States. American composer Stephen Foster carried it as a surname, while actor Foster Brooks and politician Foster Furcolo are notable given-name bearers.
20062006: 99 births, rank #1,519
2007: 93 births, rank #1,650
2008: 87 births, rank #1,736
2009: 116 births, rank #1,443
2010: 126 births, rank #1,349
20112011: 102 births, rank #1,544
2012: 200 births, rank #993
2013: 213 births, rank #937
2014: 209 births, rank #991
2015: 196 births, rank #1,032
20162016: 214 births, rank #963
2017: 223 births, rank #936
2018: 184 births, rank #1,077
2019: 227 births, rank #945
2020: 226 births, rank #961
20212021: 217 births, rank #1,006
2022: 213 births, rank #1,037
2023: 232 births, rank #966
2024: 202 births, rank #1,076
20252025: 264 births, rank #901
Foster rose from #966 to #901 for boys between 2023 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 264.