girl's name

Faren

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 291

Faren is a girl's name. In 2015 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1986, when 85 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.

Faren over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

192
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Faren by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 8
1970s 6
1980s 192
1990s 51
2000s 5
2010s (to 2015) 11

How popular is Faren?

In 2015, Faren was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Faren is used

France #3,163 5 in 1992
England & Wales #5,394 3 in 2012
United States #14,912 6 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Faren

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Faren also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Faren over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Faren

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Faren — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Faren

How popular is the name Faren?

In 2015, Faren was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Faren a girl's or a boy's name?

Faren is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Faren most popular?

Faren peaked in 1986, when 85 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.