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Faris

#1,299 in 2025Boys' name

Horseman, knight

Faris has been given to 3,245 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #1,299 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 150 recorded.

Babies named Faris, 2025

1 in 22,100

Faris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Faris: meaning, origin, and history

Horseman, knight

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Faris means

Faris means “horseman, knight”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,225 boys were recorded with the name Faris between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 150 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,299 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,476 in 2020 to #1,299 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,446 in 2015 to #1,299 in 2025.

In the United States, 20 girls were recorded with the name Faris between 1920 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1920; its best national rank was #5,246 in 1920.

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.

How common is Faris?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 22,100
150 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,299
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,320 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Faris sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,320 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Faris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fariss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Faris was born before 2011 — so the typical Faris is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,028
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Choose a decade

2010s — 34.0% of all recorded uses (1,095).

Is Faris 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
+141
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+177
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+147
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.28×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (150)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,299
2025

Spellings of Faris

Faris is not the most common spelling — Mario is, with 22.8% against Faris's 0.49%.

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.

Where Faris is used

Across 2016–2025, Faris was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in 4,545 boys, against 1 in 13,477 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

122 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Virginia1 in 4,545
  2. 2New York1 in 7,143
  3. 3Illinois1 in 7,692
  4. 4New Jersey1 in 9,091
  5. 5Texas1 in 12,500
  6. 6California1 in 16,667
  7. 7Florida1 in 16,667
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Faris around the world

Where Faris ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #379
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2004–2025
    #316
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2009–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    1981–2025
    #1,790
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #622
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1994–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Faris

People whose public names include Faris, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Faris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,299
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 177
Best rank ever
#1,299
2025
Peak year
2025
150 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,225
Count in 2025
150

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,246
1920
Peak year
1920
5 that year
First recorded
1920
Last recorded
2007
All-time count
20
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Faris

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

FarrisFaronFaridFaresFarhanFarazBorisIdrisHarisCrisOsirisFerrisArisDarisFareedParisDarrisDorisParrisTyrisTavarisFarrellFarrenFarley

Names with a curve like Faris

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Faris, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KiranPiersonZephaniahOskarMicaiahAmmarYakovZakariaNoamIlanEliyahuYasin

Sibling names for Faris

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

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