Girls' name · since 2001
Fajar
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 39 babies named Fajar, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,181 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Fajar is the #8181 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 39 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Fajar recorded 39 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #8181 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #37,825 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,181 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fajar ranks #37,825 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,181 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 39 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,181 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fajar's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Fajar compares
39 13th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Fajar's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fajar | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fajar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fajar's full recorded timeline at 2019, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fajar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Fajar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Fajar's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Fajar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (46% of all-time use).
Fajar by state
Where Fajar concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 12.8% |
5 of 39 births nationwide.
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What to do with Fajar's data
- New York records the most Fajars (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fajar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Fajar 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.