Girls' name · since 1979
Farha
Farha has 164 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Farha currently ranks #13607 among girls' names in America, with 164 babies recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Farha recorded 164 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #13607 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #21,831 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,607 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 164 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Farha ranks #21,831 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,607 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 164 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Farha's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Farha compares
164 33rd 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
Farha's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Farha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 164 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Farha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Farha's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Farha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Farha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (51 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Farha's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Farha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 51 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Farha's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Farha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Farha 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.