Fares
Fares or Farès is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin, often a variant of Faris. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Fares
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fares or Farès is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin, often a variant of Faris. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Fares
The earliest SSA record of Fares as a baby boy name dates back to 1976, when 5 babies received it. 2012 was its biggest year on record, with 51 newborns named Fares — #2,448 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Fares on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Fares ranks #2,784 for baby boys with 46 births, gradually rising (+10%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Fares
Phonetically similar names — useful when Fares is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Fairs
- Phares
- Feres
- Fears
- Fiers
- Fires
- Fours
- Fores
- Fars
- Foyers
- Fierce
- Ferge
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Fares
Fares is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Fares's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #2,448. Use the chart and map above to compare Fares's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.