Fares is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2012 and remains in steady use.
Fares is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,689 for boy births in the United States (and #5,770 across all names), given to 48 babies. Fares was first reported in SSA data in 1976 and peaked in 2012 (51 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | #2,689 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | #2,842 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | #2,856 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | #2,840 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | #2,898 |
| 2019 | 42 | 42 | #2,911 |
| 2018 | 41 | 41 | #2,912 |
| 2017 | 41 | 41 | #2,910 |
| 2016 | 40 | 40 | #2,946 |
| 2015 | 42 | 42 | #2,822 |
| 2014 | 49 | 49 | #2,522 |
| 2013 | 43 | 43 | #2,729 |
| 2012 | 51 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | #3,263 |
| 2010 | 38 | 38 | #3,036 |
| 2009 | 31 | 31 | #3,505 |
| 2008 | 29 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 2007 | 36 | 36 | #3,151 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #8,223 |
| 2005 | 30 | 30 | #3,340 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #4,472 |
| 2003 | 32 | 32 | #3,013 |
| 2002 | 20 | 20 | #4,086 |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 2000 | 14 | 14 | #5,122 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #4,211 |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | #4,483 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #7,547 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #4,455 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #5,256 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #7,217 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #7,055 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #4,997 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #5,660 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #7,466 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #6,189 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,586 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #6,677 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,736 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #5,295 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #5,884 |