Fariha — #6730 US girls' name
513 babies named Fariha in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Fariha was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Fariha in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fariha
The Social Security Administration has registered 513 babies named Fariha between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fariha currently holds the #6730 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fariha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Fariha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 121 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Fariha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fariha 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 513 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.
Fariha at a glance
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Current rank
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Fariha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (1998)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #6730 among girls.
513 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 25 births in a single year.
Fariha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 151 births that decade — 29% of Fariha's all-time total
Fariha decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Fariha's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Fariha by state
Where Fariha concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 121 | 23.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8 | 1.6% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
121 of 513 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 23.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
- California 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 23.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1983–2024 (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.