Girls' name · since 1986
Fairen
Fairen has 20 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,957 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fairen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 20 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fairen has been recorded 20 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2016.
- #45,957 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1986
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fairen ranks #45,957 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1986, peaking in the 1980s.
- #45,957 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fairen's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fairen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Fairen splits its recorded history at 1987: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Fairen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2016
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Fairen by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (13 births, 65% of the file).
1980s was Fairen's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Fairen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Fairen's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2010s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fairen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1986–2016 (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 Fairen 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.