Girls' name · since 1977
Ferrah
Ferrah has 102 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,381 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
102 babies have been named Ferrah since 1977, making it today's #15381 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ferrah has been recorded 102 times among girls since 1977, currently ranked #15381 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #26,880 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,381 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 102 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ferrah ranks #26,880 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,381 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 102 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,381 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ferrah's 102 recorded births place it above 62.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ferrah compares
102 25th 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
Ferrah's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ferrah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 102 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ferrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ferrah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ferrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Ferrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (67 births, 66% of the file).
2010s was Ferrah's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Ferrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 67 births (66% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ferrah's data
- Ferrah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Ferrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Ferrah 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.