Unisex name · since 1982
Farin
97 babies named Farin in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,424 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Farin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 97 have been recorded since 1982.
Farin has 97 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2013.
- #27,424 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 97 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Farin ranks #27,424 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 97 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,424 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Farin's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Farin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Farin's full recorded timeline at 1990, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Farin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2013
- Peak year (1986)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Farin popularity over time - boys
17 total births recorded since 1963 (Farin as boys' name)
Farin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (61 births, 63% of the file).
1980s was Farin's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Farin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 61 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Farin's data
- Farin's decade-level peak was the 1980s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Farin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1982–2013 (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 Farin 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.