Girls' name · since 1977
Fareedah
138 babies named Fareedah in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,633 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 138
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Fareedah is the #12224 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 138 recorded since 1977.
Fareedah has 138 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12224 as of the latest data, more common than 29% 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 1977 to 2025.
- #23,633 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,224 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 138 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fareedah ranks #23,633 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,224 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 138 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,633 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 138
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Fareedah's 138 recorded births place it above 67.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Fareedah compares
138 30th 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
Fareedah's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fareedah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 138 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fareedah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Fareedah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Fareedah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Fareedah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (82 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Fareedah's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Fareedah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 82 births (59% of all-time use).
Fareedah by state
Where Fareedah concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18 | 13.0% |
18 of 138 births nationwide.
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What to do with Fareedah's data
- Fareedah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Fareedahs (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Fareedah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Fareedah 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.