Girls' name · since 1978
Farzana
210 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.
- #19,295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,595 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Farzana currently ranks #13595 among girls' names in America, with 210 babies recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Farzana recorded 210 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #13595 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #19,295 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,595 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 210 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Farzana ranks #19,295 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,595 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 210 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,595 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Farzana's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Farzana compares
210 38th percentile among 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
Farzana's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Farzana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 210 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Farzana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Farzana's full recorded timeline at 1999, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Farzana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Farzana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (75 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Farzana's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Farzana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 75 births (36% 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 | 25.7% |
54 of 210 births nationwide.
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What to do with Farzana's data
- Farzana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Farzanas (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Farzana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Farzana 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.