Recorded 2002–2019 Boys' name Peak 2004 187 births

Pharell — boys' name

187 babies named Pharell in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1312010s56
2000s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Pharell was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

24 babies were named Pharell in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pharell

The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Pharell between 2002 and 2019, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pharell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pharell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pharell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pharell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pharell 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 187 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.

Pharell at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

187

Since 2002

18 years of records

Peak year

2004

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2002

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2019

Pharell popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2002

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2004)
24
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
0510152025 201920152013201120092007200520032002 7

Pharell by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
131 births that decade — 70% of Pharell's all-time total
2000s1312010s56

Pharell by state

Where Pharell concentrates geographically — total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Pharell
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
11 5.9%
New York share of Pharell's total US births 5.9%

11 of 187 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pharell?
187 babies have been named Pharell since 2002. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2004 with 24 births.
When was Pharell most popular?
Pharell was most popular in the 2000s decade with 131 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Pharell most popular?
The top states for the name Pharell are New York (11 births).
How long has the name Pharell been used?
Pharell has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 18 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Pharell?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pharaoh, Pharoah, Pharrell, Phares, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2002–2019 (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.