Recorded 2017–2022 Girls' name Peak 2017 16 births

Fala — girls' name

16 babies named Fala in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s62020s10
2020s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Fala was born in this single decade.

2017
Single peak year

6 babies were named Fala in 2017 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Fala

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Fala between 2017 and 2022, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fala performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Fala shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fala 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 16 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.

Fala at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

16

Since 2017

6 years of records

Peak year

2017

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2017

Recorded for 6 years

Last year on file: 2022

Fala popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2017

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2017)
6
Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
4.555.566.5 202220202017 6

Fala by decade

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

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
10 births that decade — 63% of Fala's all-time total
2010s62020s10

Fala by state

Where Fala concentrates geographically — total births since 2017

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Fala
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 31.3%
New York share of Fala's total US births 31.3%

5 of 16 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fala?
16 babies have been named Fala since 2017. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2017 with 6 births.
When was Fala most popular?
Fala was most popular in the 2020s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Where is Fala most popular?
The top states for the name Fala are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Fala been used?
Fala has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 6 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Fala?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Fallon, Falon, Fallyn, Falyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2017–2022 (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.