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
Fares first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 51 Faress were born — ranking #2,448 that year. As of 2026, Fares ranks #2,784 for baby boys with 46 births, gradually rising (+10%). In total, more than 1K Faress have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through 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.