Faris
Boy · FAR-iss · Arabic
Faris is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “knight, horseman”. In 2025 it ranked 391st for boys in the UK (120 babies) and 1,297th for boys in the US (150 babies).
What does Faris mean?
Arabic
“knight, horseman”
The Arabic word for a knight or skilled horseman.
- Say it
- FAR-iss
Is Faris a girl's or a boy's name?
Faris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 120 boys in the UK and 150 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #391among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 120about 1 in 2,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 120 boys in the UK were named Faris, making it the 391st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 559th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Faris of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Faris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 379th in England and Wales and 316th in Scotland.
Faris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #391 |
| 2024 | 119 | #394 |
| 2023 | 85 | #515 |
| 2022 | 62 | #648 |
| 2021 | 67 | #621 |
| 2020 | 75 | #559 |
| 2019 | 77 | #556 |
| 2018 | 78 | #553 |
| 2017 | 78 | #554 |
| 2016 | 65 | #618 |
| 2015 | 69 | #594 |
| 2014 | 72 | #575 |
| 2013 | 69 | #576 |
| 2012 | 78 | #537 |
| 2011 | 67 | #573 |
| 2010 | 79 | #496 |
| 2009 | 86 | #476 |
| 2008 | 82 | #485 |
| 2007 | 57 | #597 |
| 2006 | 57 | #573 |
| 2005 | 48 | #613 |
| 2004 | 51 | #558 |
| 2003 | 40 | #623 |
| 2002 | 42 | #556 |
| 2001 | 42 | #531 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 19 | #900 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Faris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,297among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 150about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 150 boys in the US were named Faris, making it the 1,297th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,473rd. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had the most boys named Faris of any year since it first appeared, in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Faris in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Faris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #1,297 |
| 2024 | 126 | #1,438 |
| 2023 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2022 | 118 | #1,523 |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,667 |
| 2020 | 116 | #1,473 |
| 2019 | 107 | #1,564 |
| 2018 | 110 | #1,539 |
| 2017 | 133 | #1,341 |
| 2016 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,444 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,362 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | 97 | #1,601 |
| 2011 | 96 | #1,601 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,425 |
| 2009 | 85 | #1,773 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,523 |
| 2007 | 97 | #1,607 |
| 2006 | 70 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 75 | #1,749 |
| 2004 | 71 | #1,760 |
| 2003 | 66 | #1,797 |
| 2002 | 63 | #1,814 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,009 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
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