boys:
963 births since 1976
#3629 (21st percentile)
overall:
963 births since 1976
#6776 (12th percentile)
The name Fares is the #6,776 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 963 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 12.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,629 (20.8% percentile) for all time with 963 births since 1976.
Fares first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Fares is available in 39 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Fares reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #854) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Fares is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #872 (4.3% percentile) with 24 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fares".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Fares. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.1% confident that Fares is pronounced as fairz, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FEH-rehs, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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