Girls' name · since 1974
Phara
Phara has 21 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,574 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Phara sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 21 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phara has been recorded 21 times among girls since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1974 to 2015.
- #45,574 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phara ranks #45,574 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #45,574 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Phara's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Phara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Phara splits its recorded history at 2012: 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 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Phara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2015
- Peak year (2012)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Phara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Phara's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Phara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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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, 1974–2015 (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 Phara 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.