Faris
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #1,297 for boys in 2025, 150 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 150 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,225since 1915
Faris over time
Rank among boys' names. Faris has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,297 | 150 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,438 | 126 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,735 | 95 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,523 | 118 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,667 | 99 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,473 | 116 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,564 | 107 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,539 | 110 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,341 | 133 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,694 | 92 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,444 | 117 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,362 | 125 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,546 | 102 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,602 | 97 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,601 | 96 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,425 | 116 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,774 | 85 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,523 | 106 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #1,607 | 97 |
| 2006 | — | #1,919 | 70 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,752 | 75 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,763 | 71 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,800 | 66 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,817 | 63 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,982 | 54 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,578 | 36 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,162 | 43 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,012 | 47 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,964 | 46 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,590 | 29 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,270 | 13 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
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| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Faris! It came in at #2,070, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Faris is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#650 · 1 in 4,753
- Virginia#776 · 1 in 4,888
- Illinois#1,028 · 1 in 7,701
- New Jersey#1,036 · 1 in 8,111
- Pennsylvania#1,100 · 1 in 9,243
Best ever in a state: #489 in Massachusetts, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #650 | 6 | 1 in 4,753 |
| Virginia | #776 | 8 | 1 in 4,888 |
| Illinois | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,701 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 5 | 1 in 8,111 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,100 | 6 | 1 in 9,243 |
| New York | #1,131 | 10 | 1 in 8,913 |
| California | #1,306 | 14 | 1 in 13,527 |
| Texas | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,391 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Faris
- 141 spots since 2024 (#1,438 → #1,297)
- 176 spots since 2020 (#1,473 → #1,297)
- 147 spots since 2015 (#1,444 → #1,297)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2025 at #1,297 (150 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,387 boys born in 2025 were named Faris (0.01%)
- 34.0% of all boys named Faris (1,095) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 37 | #2,070 (1915) | #2,874 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,523 (1927) | #3,136 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,742 (1934) | #3,017 |
| 1940s | 21 | #3,173 (1946) | #3,485 |
| 1950s | 18 | #2,875 (1952) | #3,568 |
| 1960s | 24 | #3,314 (1969) | #3,760 |
| 1970s | 46 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,244 |
| 1980s | 122 | #3,108 (1982) | #3,731 |
| 1990s | 296 | #1,964 (1997) | #2,726 |
| 2000s | 723 | #1,523 (2008) | #1,852 |
| 2010s | 1,095 | #1,341 (2017) | #1,512 |
| 2020s | 704 | #1,297 (2025) | #1,522 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Faris in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 17,672 of them was named Faris, which outranked 88.2% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,658Rishaan100
- #1,658Sky100
- #1,658Zavion100
- #1,667Faris99
- #1,667Earl99
- #1,667Elvin99
- #1,667Ezio99
- #1,678Canon98
- #1,678Fred98
- #1,678Ilyas98
Tied with 10 names at #1,667; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.