Meaning not yet researched.
Farris: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 11 in 2025. Its best rank was #666 in 1908.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #666 in 1908; #7,334 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Farris in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,334 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1908, at #666.
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Farris: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 11 boys in 2025. Peak: #666 in 1908 · most boys in one year: 56 (1923).
In 2025, 11 US boys were named Farris, making it the 7,334th most common boys’ name of the year, up 80 places from #7,414 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 11 boys named Farris in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #666, reached in 1908. The most boys given the name in a single year was 56, in 1923. For comparison, it was #7,225 in 2015 and #1,555 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Farris in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,839, reached in 1909. The most girls given the name in a single year was 17, in 1926. For comparison, it was #17,327 in 2015 and #4,916 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Farris in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1897 with 5 babies. In all, 3,538 US babies have been given the name, 15% of them girls and 85% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 572 babies named Farris.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 122 US boys were named Farris; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 15. In 2025 that was about 1 in 155,280 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Faris (3,245 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Fares, Faaris and Fariz are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Fares (1,063), Faaris (89), Fariz (47).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Farris in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 11 | #7,334 |
| 2024 | — | — | 11 | #7,414 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,996 | 9 | #8,460 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,108 | 14 | #6,248 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,630 | 13 | #6,438 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,893 | 11 | #7,173 |
| 2019 | — | — | 12 | #6,910 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,914 | 12 | #6,833 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,990 | 15 | #5,882 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,936 | 14 | #6,137 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,327 | 11 | #7,225 |
| 2014 | — | — | 12 | #6,770 |
| 2013 | — | — | 13 | #6,363 |
| 2012 | — | — | 16 | #5,558 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,827 | 17 | #5,277 |
| 2010 | — | — | 15 | #5,825 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,218 | 18 | #5,163 |
| 2008 | — | — | 20 | #4,780 |
| 2007 | — | — | 17 | #5,273 |
| 2006 | — | — | 16 | #5,383 |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,111 | 11 | #6,780 |
| 2004 | — | — | 16 | #5,084 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | #4,487 |
| 2002 | — | — | 8 | #7,887 |
| 2001 | — | — | 22 | #3,756 |
| 2000 | — | — | 24 | #3,457 |
| 1999 | — | — | 17 | #4,212 |
| 1998 | — | — | 13 | #4,968 |
| 1997 | — | — | 21 | #3,387 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,221 | 19 | #3,588 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,605 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,146 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1993 | — | — | 14 | #4,310 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,985 | 27 | #2,621 |
| 1991 | — | — | 19 | #3,252 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,854 | 19 | #3,211 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,030 | 21 | #2,931 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,413 | 20 | #2,788 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,881 | 15 | #3,244 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,762 | 9 | #4,591 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,165 | 11 | #3,882 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,932 | 19 | #2,558 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,886 | 11 | #3,700 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,581 | 11 | #3,770 |
| 1981 | — | — | 16 | #2,813 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,152 |
| 1979 | — | — | 23 | #2,185 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,711 |
| 1977 | — | — | 15 | #2,823 |
| 1976 | — | — | 19 | #2,365 |
| 1975 | — | — | 15 | #2,675 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,589 |
| 1973 | — | — | 12 | #2,906 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,745 |
| 1971 | — | — | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1970 | — | — | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,074 |
| 1968 | — | — | 11 | #2,627 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,263 | 24 | #1,583 |
| 1966 | — | — | 13 | #2,265 |
| 1965 | — | — | 24 | #1,604 |
| 1964 | — | — | 29 | #1,470 |
| 1963 | — | — | 23 | #1,674 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,086 | 33 | #1,371 |
| 1961 | — | — | 25 | #1,613 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,442 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,557 | 21 | #1,775 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,627 | 29 | #1,458 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,373 | 28 | #1,495 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,985 | 33 | #1,350 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,398 | 33 | #1,319 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,347 | 27 | #1,474 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,039 | 33 | #1,314 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,237 | 33 | #1,302 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,799 | 39 | #1,158 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,916 | 23 | #1,555 |
| 1949 | — | — | 37 | #1,169 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,682 | 38 | #1,166 |
| 1947 | — | — | 29 | #1,376 |
| 1946 | — | — | 25 | #1,417 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,767 | 43 | #975 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,001 | 35 | #1,126 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,350 | 43 | #1,025 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,533 | 24 | #1,434 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,631 | 31 | #1,195 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,568 | 42 | #998 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,991 | 37 | #1,059 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,002 | 31 | #1,178 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,013 | 48 | #901 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,203 | 39 | #1,018 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,250 | 37 | #1,065 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,976 | 29 | #1,250 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,746 | 43 | #968 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,129 | 54 | #869 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,039 | 41 | #1,052 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,346 | 55 | #899 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,219 | 31 | #1,278 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,545 | 36 | #1,195 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,923 | 44 | #1,063 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,194 | 55 | #905 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,533 | 37 | #1,171 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,445 | 51 | #986 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,993 | 56 | #918 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,846 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,008 | 51 | #984 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,129 | 54 | #943 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,705 | 49 | #964 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,422 | 36 | #1,160 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,760 | 35 | #1,140 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,366 | 41 | #1,003 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,233 | 43 | #954 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,994 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 1913 | — | — | 23 | #1,057 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,140 | 15 | #1,235 |
| 1911 | — | — | 14 | #906 |
| 1910 | — | — | 14 | #835 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,839 | 8 | #1,110 |
| 1908 | — | — | 16 | #666 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #893 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,048 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #863 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #967 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #804 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,049 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,120 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).