Girls' name · since 1968
Farrah
Farrah has 12,156 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,156
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Farrah currently ranks #1329 among girls' names in America, with 12,156 babies recorded since 1968.
Farrah has 12,156 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1329 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, 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 1968 to 2025.
- #1,481 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,329 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,156 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Farrah ranks #1,481 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,329 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,156 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,156
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Farrah's 12,156 recorded births place it above 97.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Farrah compares
12,156 Top 9% higher than 91% of 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
Farrah's all-time total is 32x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Farrah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,156 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,515 | 21 | 19,840 |
Farrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Farrah's full recorded timeline at 1998, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 1,515 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Farrah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 1,515
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Farrah popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1980 (Farrah as boys' name)
Farrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,799 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Farrah's strongest decade.
3,799 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Farrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
3,039 births
- 1980s 1,451
1980s
1,451 births
- 1990s 1,195
1990s
1,195 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,534 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,799 births
- 2020s 1,132
2020s
1,132 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,799 births (31% of all-time use).
How Farrah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Farrah's total volume
Farrah by state
Where Farrah concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,247 | 10.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,044 | 8.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 878 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 670 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 455 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 441 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 374 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 372 | 3.1% |
1,247 of 12,156 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Farrah appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Farrah's data
- Farrah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (3,799 total births); usage has since declined to 1,132 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Farrahs (1,247 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 Farrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Farrah 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.