Girls' name · since 1960
Farah
6,278 babies named Farah in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,349 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,278
- born since 1960
- 2010s
- peak decade
Farah currently ranks #1349 among girls' names in America, with 6,278 babies recorded since 1960.
Farah has 6,278 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1349 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #2,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,349 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,278 born since 1960
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Farah ranks #2,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,349 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,278 born since 1960, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,349 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,278
- born since 1960
- 2010s
- peak decade
Farah's 6,278 recorded births place it above 96.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Farah compares
6,278 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Farah's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Farah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,278 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 178 | 21 | 19,840 |
Farah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Farah splits its recorded history at 1993: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1965 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 178 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Farah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 178
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Farah popularity over time - boys
98 total births recorded since 1988 (Farah as boys' name)
Farah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,580 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Farah's strongest decade.
1,580 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Farah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 149
1960s
149 births
- 1970s
1970s
710 births
- 1980s
1980s
818 births
- 1990s
1990s
863 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,185 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,580 births
- 2020s
2020s
973 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,580 births (25% of all-time use).
How Farah 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 Farah's total volume
Farah by state
Where Farah concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 899 | 14.3% |
| #2 | California | | 839 | 13.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 512 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 491 | 7.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 270 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 248 | 4.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 234 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 129 | 2.1% |
899 of 6,278 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Farah appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Farah's data
- Farah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,580 total births) through the 2020s (973) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Farahs (899 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 Farah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Farah 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.