Fard — boys' name
106 babies named Fard in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Fard was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Fard in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fard
The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Fard between 1971 and 1998, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fard performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Fard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fard in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fard 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 106 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.
Fard at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1971
- Peak year (1975)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
106 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 16 births in a single year.
Fard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 63 births that decade — 59% of Fard's all-time total
Fard decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Fard's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Fard by state
Where Fard concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 11 | 10.4% |
11 of 106 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 10.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 10.4% 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, 1971–1998 (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.