Phares — boys' name

What the Data Says About Phares

The Social Security Administration has registered 219 babies named Phares between 1912 and 2002, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Phares currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phares performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Phares shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Phares in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phares 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 219 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.