Faris Boy
How popular is Faris?
#1,297 boy name in 2025
150 baby boys were named Faris in the US in 2025, making it the 1297th most popular boy name.
Faris popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,297 for boys (▲ 141 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 150 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,444 in 2015, #1,473 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (150 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,297 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Faris 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 Faris is most popular
Babies named Faris per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (59 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (86 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
Faris by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 37 | #2,069 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,523 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,742 |
| 1940s | 21 | #3,172 |
| 1950s | 18 | #2,873 |
| 1960s | 24 | #3,313 |
| 1970s | 46 | #3,280 |
| 1980s | 122 | #3,107 |
| 1990s | 296 | #1,961 |
| 2000s | 723 | #1,523 |
| 2010s | 1,095 | #1,341 |
| 2020s | 704 | #1,297 |
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Questions
- Is Faris a boy or girl name?
- Faris is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Faris were boys.
- How popular is the name Faris?
- 150 baby boys were named Faris in the US in 2025, making it the 1297th most popular boy name.
- When was Faris most popular?
- Faris peaked in 2025, when 150 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,297 in 2025.
- How many people are named Faris?
- 3,245 babies have been named Faris in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,011 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Faris most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Faris was most common in Virginia, at 0.2 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.