Girls' name · since 1978
Bahareh
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Bahareh, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
28 girls have been named Bahareh since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Bahareh recorded 28 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1990.
- #41,634 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bahareh ranks #41,634 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Bahareh's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bahareh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bahareh's full recorded timeline at 1985, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bahareh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1990
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Bahareh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 64% of the file).
1980s was Bahareh's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Bahareh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (64% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bahareh's data
- Bahareh's decade-level peak was the 1980s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bahareh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bahareh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.