Girls' name · since 1914
Fara
1,093 babies named Fara in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,305 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,093
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
1,093 babies have been named Fara since 1914, making it today's #13305 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fara has been recorded 1,093 times among girls since 1914, currently ranked #13305 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #7,056 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,305 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,093 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fara ranks #7,056 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,305 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,093 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,305 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,093
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Fara's 1,093 recorded births place it above 90.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Fara compares
1,093 Top 31% higher than 69% of 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
Fara's all-time total is 191% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,093 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fara's full recorded timeline at 1981, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 59 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Fara by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (269 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Fara's strongest decade.
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Fara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 42
1920s
42 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s
1950s
112 births
- 1960s
1960s
180 births
- 1970s
1970s
269 births
- 1980s
1980s
149 births
- 1990s 73
1990s
73 births
- 2000s 75
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 269 births (25% of all-time use).
How Fara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Fara's total volume
Fara by state
Where Fara concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 86 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #3 | California | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
86 of 1,093 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Fara's data
- Fara's decade-level peak was the 1970s (269 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Faras (86 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 Fara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Fara 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.