# Faris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/faris/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,245 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,225 / 20 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,781, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 5 | 5,248 |
| 1922 | 5 | 5,274 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6,005 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,535 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 96 | 1,601 |
| 2012 | 97 | 1,604 |
| 2013 | 102 | 1,550 |
| 2014 | 125 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 117 | 1,446 |
| 2016 | 92 | 1,699 |
| 2017 | 133 | 1,343 |
| 2018 | 110 | 1,541 |
| 2019 | 107 | 1,567 |
| 2020 | 116 | 1,476 |
| 2021 | 99 | 1,670 |
| 2022 | 118 | 1,526 |
| 2023 | 95 | 1,737 |
| 2024 | 126 | 1,440 |
| 2025 | 150 | 1,299 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 537 |
| 2012 | 77 | 492 |
| 2013 | 66 | 546 |
| 2014 | 69 | 540 |
| 2015 | 65 | 571 |
| 2016 | 62 | 585 |
| 2017 | 75 | 522 |
| 2018 | 76 | 511 |
| 2019 | 76 | 512 |
| 2020 | 73 | 513 |
| 2021 | 66 | 577 |
| 2022 | 61 | 606 |
| 2023 | 82 | 487 |
| 2024 | 111 | 376 |
| 2025 | 109 | 379 |

## People named Faris

- Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
- Faris Pemi Moumbagna, Cameroonian association football player
- William Faris Blakely, Australian botanist (1875-1941)
- Faris Abdi, association football player
- Faris ad-Din Aktai, Egyptian noble
- Faris Badwan, English rock musician
- Fares Juma Al Saadi, Emirati footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.