Falak — #9332 US girls' name
100 babies named Falak in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Falak was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Falak in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Falak
The Social Security Administration has registered 100 babies named Falak between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Falak currently holds the #9332 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Falak performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Falak shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Falak in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Falak 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 100 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.
Falak at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Falak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #9332 among girls.
100 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 12 births in a single year.
Falak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 49 births that decade — 49% of Falak's all-time total
Falak decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Falak's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Falak by state
Where Falak concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 10.0% |
10 of 100 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2004–2024 (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.