Boys' name · since 1994
Furkan
Furkan has 140 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,212 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 140
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Furkan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 140 recorded since 1994.
Furkan has 140 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2021.
- #15,212 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 140 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Furkan ranks #15,212 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 140 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,212 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 140
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Furkan's 140 recorded births place it above 66.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Furkan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Furkan splits its recorded history at 2008: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Furkan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2021
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Furkan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Furkan's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Furkan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (44% of all-time use).
Furkan by state
Where Furkan concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 3.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 3.6% |
5 of 140 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Furkan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (61 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 Jersey records the most Furkans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Furkan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1994–2021 (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 Furkan 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.