Fares Boy
How popular is Fares?
#2,676 boy name in 2025
48 baby boys were named Fares in the US in 2025, making it the 2676th most popular boy name.
Fares popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,676 for boys (▲ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 48 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,808 in 2015, #2,885 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (51 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,447 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Fares counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Faris family of names ranked #936 for boys in 2025 (#1,003 the year before), with 224 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Fares is most popular
Babies named Fares per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Fares by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #5,056 |
| 1980s | 22 | #5,466 |
| 1990s | 104 | #4,157 |
| 2000s | 242 | #2,989 |
| 2010s | 421 | #2,447 |
| 2020s | 263 | #2,676 |
Boy names about as popular as Fares
Questions
- Is Fares a boy or girl name?
- Fares is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Fares were boys.
- How popular is the name Fares?
- 48 baby boys were named Fares in the US in 2025, making it the 2676th most popular boy name.
- When was Fares most popular?
- Fares peaked in 2012, when 51 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,447 in 2012.
- How many people are named Fares?
- 1,063 babies have been named Fares in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,050 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Fares most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Fares was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.