Faren — girls' name

What the Data Says About Faren

The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Faren between 1969 and 2015, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faren currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Faren performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Faren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Faren in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Faren in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 273 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.