Faron

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1956 · 145 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,420
since 1952

Faron over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Faron has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #631, 1956boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#7,25711
2023#7,73810
2022#7,26211
2021#6,33513
2020#7,50210
2019#8,8898
2018#7,13611
2017#4,93519
2016#8,1469
2015#6,32413
2014#8,7818
2013#9,6557
2012#8,1589
2011#10,8086
2010#7,08711
2009#5,80015
2008#5,48716
2007#9,7887
2006#5,78114
2005#10,1516
2004#6,97610
2003#9,5816
2002#6,52210
2001#7,5368
2000#5,04014
1999#5,65611
1998#5,46611
1997#5,64210
1996#5,18711
1995#3,10022
1994#3,75117
1993#5,00211
1992#5,23610
1991#13,1475#3,81315
1990#10,1937#4,16713
1989#10,8476#3,09419
1988#8,3918#2,50923
1987#5,31214#2,83818
1986#5,75712#2,29024
1985#2,35722
1984#2,36421
1983#2,57718
1982#1,92928
1981#2,27022
1980#1,76532
1979#1,48740
1978#1,65233
1977#1,51537
1976#1,67731
1975#1,55933
1974#1,47135
1973#1,14751
1972#1,17748
1971#1,33040
1970#1,07058
1969#1,02756
1968#1,10046
1967#84372
1966#84873
1965#89767
1964#92967
1963#88072
1962#84580
1961#744107
1960#86777
1959#87576
1958#87175
1957#722107
1956#631145
1955#672118
1954#79582
1953#97554
1952#2,25112
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First appearance
1952

The first year at least five boys were named Faron! It came in at #2,251, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

See more about Faron
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,653 spots since 2024 (#7,257#8,910)
  • 1,408 spots since 2020 (#7,502#8,910)
  • 2,586 spots since 2015 (#6,324#8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 1,276 spots in 1953 (#2,251#975)
  • Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1968 (#843#1,100)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1952
  • Peaked 1956 at #631 (145 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1953–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,588
  • Highest: 1 in 14,588 boys born in 1956 were named Faron (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 29.6% of all boys named Faron (717) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s669#631 (1956)#974
1960s717#744 (1961)#898
1970s406#1,070 (1970)#1,409
1980s227#1,765 (1980)#2,399
1990s131#3,100 (1995)#4,702
2000s106#5,040 (2000)#7,266
2010s101#4,935 (2017)#7,992
2020s63#6,335 (2021)#7,501

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.

Faron in 1965

boys
#897
67 births · 1 in 27,763 boys

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #897Faron67
More about 1965

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 27,763 of them was named Faron, which outranked 79.7% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Faron
  1. #890Farrell68
  2. #890Monroe68
  3. #890Roderic68
  4. #897Faron67
  5. #897Artie67
  6. #897Augustus67
  7. #897Blane67
  8. #912Alfonzo66
  9. #912Darry66
  10. #912Jed66

Tied with 14 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 785Trace#1,655#870
  2. 729Darran#1,729#1,000
  3. 655Daryn#1,371#716
  4. 648Darian#1,545#897
  5. 512Darryn#1,327#815
Fallers
  1. 1,557Jaimie#809#2,366
  2. 443Tammy#875#1,318
  3. 406Destry#637#1,043
  4. 318Dewitt#936#1,254
  5. 303Cassius#860#1,163

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1965