Faruq — boys' name
86 babies named Faruq in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Faruq was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Faruq in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Faruq
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Faruq between 1972 and 2018, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Faruq currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Faruq performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Faruq shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Faruq 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 86 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.
Faruq at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Faruq popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1972
- Peak year (2005)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
86 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 8 births in a single year.
Faruq by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 41 births that decade — 48% of Faruq's all-time total
Faruq decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Faruq's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–2018 (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.