Girls' name · since 2006
Pharrah
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 202 babies named Pharrah, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
202 girls have been named Pharrah since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pharrah has 202 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2023.
- #19,732 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 202 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pharrah ranks #19,732 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 202 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pharrah's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pharrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pharrah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pharrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2023
- Peak year (2011)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
202 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 23 births in a single year.
Pharrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (148 births, 73% of the file).
2010s was Pharrah's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Pharrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
148 births
- 2020s 41
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 148 births (73% of all-time use).
Pharrah decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Pharrah's data
- Pharrah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (148 total births); usage has since declined to 41 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Pharrah: 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 (~17 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, 2006–2023 (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 Pharrah 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.
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