Recorded 2008–2014 Boys' name Peak 2008 17 births

Pharez — boys' name

17 babies named Pharez in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s72010s10
2010s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Pharez was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

7 babies were named Pharez in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pharez

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Pharez between 2008 and 2014, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pharez currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pharez performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pharez shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pharez 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 17 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.

Pharez at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

17

Since 2008

7 years of records

Peak year

2008

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

2008

Recorded for 7 years

Last year on file: 2014

Pharez popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2008

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2008)
7
Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201420132008 7

Pharez by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
10 births that decade — 59% of Pharez's all-time total
2000s72010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pharez?
17 babies have been named Pharez since 2008. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2008 with 7 births.
When was Pharez most popular?
Pharez was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Pharez been used?
Pharez has been recorded in Social Security data since 2008, spanning 7 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Pharez?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pharaoh, Pharoah, Pharrell, Phares, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.