Faria
Faria is a Portuguese and Italian surname.
Meaning & Origin of Faria
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Faria is a Portuguese and Italian surname.
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The Story of Faria
American parents first put Faria on the record books as a baby girl name in 1992, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 14 Farias were born — ranking #8,452 that year. About 42% of every Faria on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Faria last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 202 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Faria
Faria is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 202 births in the dataset. Faria's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #8,452. Use the chart and map above to compare Faria'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 .
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