Girls' name · since 1981

Faryn

448 babies named Faryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#12,641 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,654 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
448
born since 1981
2010s
peak decade

Faryn currently ranks #9654 among girls' names in America, with 448 babies recorded since 1981.

Social Security Administration records show Faryn recorded 448 times among girls since 1981, holding rank #9654 nationally today, ahead of 44% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.

  • #12,641 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,654 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 448 born since 1981
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faryn ranks #12,641 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,654 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 448 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.

#12,641 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,654 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
448
born since 1981
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%44.1%
Faryn vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Faryn's 448 recorded births place it above 82.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Faryn compares

448 Top 47% higher than 53% 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

Faryn's all-time total is 19% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Faryn Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 448 376 567,345
Peak-year births 22 21 19,840

Faryn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Faryn's full recorded timeline at 2005, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Faryn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1987)
22
Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
0510152025 19811989199520022008201420202025 10

Faryn by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (121 births, 27% of the file).

2010s was Faryn's strongest decade.

121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.

Faryn births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 121 births (27% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Faryn?
Since 1981, Social Security records show 448 babies named Faryn. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #12,641 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #9,654 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 1987, with 22 births.
Where does Faryn sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faryn ranks #12,641 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,654 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Faryn most popular?
Faryn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 121 total births. The single peak year was 1987.
How long has the name Faryn been used?
The SSA has tracked Faryn since 1981 -- 45 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Faryn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Farrah, Farah, Fara, Farida, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Faryn's data

  • Faryn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (121 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Faryn

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Faryn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1981–2025 (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 Faryn 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.