Girls' name · since 2017

Falaq

56 babies named Falaq in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#33,658 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,383 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
56
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade

Falaq currently ranks #9383 among girls' names in America, with 56 babies recorded since 2017.

Social Security Administration records show Falaq recorded 56 times among girls since 2017, holding rank #9383 nationally today, ahead of 46% 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 2017 to 2025.

  • #33,658 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,383 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 56 born since 2017
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Falaq ranks #33,658 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,383 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 56 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.

#33,658 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,383 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
56
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%45.7%
Falaq vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Falaq's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Falaq compares

56 17th 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

Falaq's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Falaq Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 56 376 567,345
Peak-year births 18 21 19,840

Falaq's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Falaq splits its recorded history at 2022: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Falaq popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
18
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
05101520 2017202020212022202320242025 11

Falaq by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (51 births, 91% of the file).

2020s was Falaq's strongest decade.

51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.

Falaq births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 51 births (91% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Falaq by state

Where Falaq concentrates geographically, total births since 2017

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Falaq
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
14 25.0%
New York share of Falaq's total US births 25.0%

14 of 56 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Falaq?
Falaq has been given to 56 babies in the U.S. since 2017, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #33,658 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #9,383 of 17,297. 18 babies were born in 2022, its single highest year.
Where does Falaq sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Falaq ranks #33,658 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,383 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Falaq most popular?
Falaq was most popular in the 2020s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Where is Falaq most popular?
The top states for the name Falaq are New York (14 births).
How long has the name Falaq been used?
The SSA has tracked Falaq since 2017 -- 9 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Falaq?
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.

What to do with Falaq's data

  • New York records the most Falaqs (14 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Falaq: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2017–2025 (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 Falaq 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.