Farhad — #11146 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Farhad

The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Farhad between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Farhad currently holds the #11146 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Farhad performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Farhad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Farhad in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Farhad 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 268 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.