Faron
Boy · FAIR-un
Faron is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Faron mean?
American name of uncertain origin
Country singer Faron Young had a long run of hits in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Is Faron a girl's or a boy's name?
Faron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faron in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Faron in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Faron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Faron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Faron, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 145 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had fewer boys named Faron than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Faron in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1988, 26% of the babies named Faron in the US were girls.
Faron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,676 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,147 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,177 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,330 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,027 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 72 | #843 |
| 1966 | 73 | #848 |
| 1965 | 67 | #897 |
| 1964 | 67 | #929 |
| 1963 | 72 | #880 |
| 1962 | 80 | #844 |
| 1961 | 107 | #743 |
| 1960 | 77 | #866 |
| 1959 | 76 | #874 |
| 1958 | 75 | #870 |
| 1957 | 107 | #721 |
| 1956 | 145 | #630 |
| 1955 | 118 | #671 |
| 1954 | 82 | #794 |
| 1953 | 54 | #974 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
Names like Faron
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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