Fari

Girls' name

From Danish Frederik; literal meaning unconfirmed

Fari has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2016. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2016, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Fari, 2016

1 in 734,000

Fari over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fari: meaning, origin, and history

From Danish Frederik; literal meaning unconfirmed

Danish

What Fari means

Fari is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Fari is used in Greenlandic. Its origins include Danish.

Fari comes through Danish Frederik.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Greenlandic, Fari is pronounced /fari/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Fari between 2016 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2016; its best national rank was #17,100 in 2016.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Fari?

Fari had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 734,000; 5 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only: 1 in 354,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 508,706 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fari sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Faris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fari was born before 2016 — so the typical Fari is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Fari rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2016 (5)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #17,100; 2016

Spellings of Fari

Fari is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 54.0% against Fari's <0.01%.

Mary54.0%4,141,481
Maria7.4%566,111
Marie7.0%540,077
Sara5.7%436,193
Lori4.5%341,911
Tara2.3%175,812
Kara1.3%101,743
Aria1.2%95,674

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Fari by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #17,100; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 5 that year
First recorded: 2016
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Fari

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Faryl Dmari Naari Farice Farica Farynn Fariya Ahkari Knyari Osmari Quiari Lanari Leiari Sayari Zeari Syari Farwah Farol Farm Dezari Kaeari Khyari Mhari Zmari

Sibling names for Fari

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Karleigh Hadlee Heavenly Scarlette Ayesha Henley Annalee Raylee

For a brother

Smith Damari Kye Canaan Vladimir Cayson Hamilton Kingsley

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