Farzana — #13861 US girls' name
204 babies named Farzana in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Farzana was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Farzana in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Farzana
The Social Security Administration has registered 204 babies named Farzana between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Farzana currently holds the #13861 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Farzana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Farzana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Farzana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Farzana 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 204 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.
Farzana at a glance
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Current rank
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Farzana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #13861 among girls.
204 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 13 births in a single year.
Farzana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 75 births that decade — 37% of Farzana's all-time total
Farzana decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Farzana's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Farzana by state
Where Farzana concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 54 | 26.5% |
54 of 204 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 26.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 26.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1978–2024 (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.