Boys' name · since 1984
Farshad
17 babies named Farshad in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,109 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Farshad is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 17 have been recorded since 1984.
Farshad has 17 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1984 to 1990.
- #30,109 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Farshad ranks #30,109 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #30,109 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Farshad's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Farshad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Farshad splits its recorded history at 1985: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Farshad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1990
- Peak year (1985)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Farshad by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
1980s was Farshad's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Farshad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Farshad's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1990s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Farshad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1984–1990 (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 Farshad 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.