Boys' name · since 1962
Farid
Farid has 1,120 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,776 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,779 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,120
- born since 1962
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,120 babies have been named Farid since 1962, making it today's #2779 boys' name.
Farid has 1,120 recorded births among boys since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2779 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of boys, 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 1962 to 2025.
- #4,776 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,779 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,120 born since 1962
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Farid ranks #4,776 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,779 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,120 born since 1962, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,776 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,779 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,120
- born since 1962
- 2010s
- peak decade
Farid's 1,120 recorded births place it above 89.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Farid compares
1,120 Top 30% higher than 70% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Farid's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Farid | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,120 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 34 | 22,252 |
Farid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Farid's full recorded timeline at 1998, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 46 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Farid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Farid by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (261 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Farid's strongest decade.
261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Farid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 96
1970s
96 births
- 1980s
1980s
152 births
- 1990s
1990s
157 births
- 2000s
2000s
234 births
- 2010s
2010s
261 births
- 2020s
2020s
213 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 261 births (23% of all-time use).
How Farid compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Farid's total volume
Farid by state
Where Farid concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 154 | 13.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 61 | 5.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 34 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 20 | 1.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
154 of 1,120 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Farid's data
- Farid's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (261 total births) through the 2020s (213) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Farids (154 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Farid: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Farid 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.