Faron
- Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to boys 97.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 145 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,420since 1952
Faron over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Faron has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,324 | 13 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,364 | 21 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,765 | 32 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,487 | 40 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,652 | 33 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,515 | 37 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,677 | 31 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,559 | 33 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,147 | 51 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,177 | 48 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,330 | 40 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,070 | 58 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,027 | 56 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #843 | 72 | |
| 1966 | — | #848 | 73 | |
| 1965 | — | #897 | 67 | |
| 1964 | — | #929 | 67 | |
| 1963 | — | #880 | 72 | |
| 1962 | — | #845 | 80 | |
| 1961 | — | #744 | 107 | |
| 1960 | — | #867 | 77 | |
| 1959 | — | #875 | 76 | |
| 1958 | — | #871 | 75 | |
| 1957 | — | #722 | 107 | |
| 1956 | — | #631 | 145 | |
| 1955 | — | #672 | 118 | |
| 1954 | — | #795 | 82 | |
| 1953 | — | #975 | 54 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five boys were named Faron! It came in at #2,251, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Faron is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Faron in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Faron
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,408 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 1,276 spots in 1953
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1968
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1956 at #631 (145 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1953–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,588
- Highest: 1 in 14,588 boys born in 1956 were named Faron (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 29.6% of all boys named Faron (717) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 669 | #631 (1956) | #974 |
| 1960s | 717 | #744 (1961) | #898 |
| 1970s | 406 | #1,070 (1970) | #1,409 |
| 1980s | 227 | #1,765 (1980) | #2,399 |
| 1990s | 131 | #3,100 (1995) | #4,702 |
| 2000s | 106 | #5,040 (2000) | #7,266 |
| 2010s | 101 | #4,935 (2017) | #7,992 |
| 2020s | 63 | #6,335 (2021) | #7,501 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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