Phares
Phares is a name with multiple cultural origins: Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical.
- Biblical Greek
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Phares
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Phares is a name with multiple cultural origins: Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Greek
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical
The Story of Phares
Phares first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1924: 13 births, good for #2,347 nationwide. About 37% of every Phares on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Phares last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 219 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Phares
Phonetically similar names — useful when Phares is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Fairs
- Fares
- Feres
- Fears
- Fiers
- Fires
- Fours
- Fores
- Fars
- Foyers
- Fierce
- Ferge
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Phares
Phares is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 219 births in the dataset. Phares's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #2,347. Use the chart and map above to compare Phares'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.