Fares
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FAH-res
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Fares is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “knight, horseman”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Fares mean?
Arabic: spelling of Faris
“knight, horseman”
Arabic faris, a horseman or knight, comes from faras, horse.
Is Fares a girl's or a boy's name?
Fares is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fares in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Fares, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fares in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Fares or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- Fares 14
- Faaris 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Fares in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Fares in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,676among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Fares, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Fares than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Fares in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were given Fares or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #2,676 for this spelling alone.
- Fares 48
- Faaris 6
Fares in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Fares
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Musa Abdullah Ahmed Zayd Zayan Umar Mustafa Zayaan Rayyan Amir
Other spellings of Fares
Names related to Fares
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fares: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fares, updated 20 October 2026.