Fara
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,093since 1914
Fara over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Fara has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
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| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
| 1917 | — | |
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| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Fara! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Fara is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Fara in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Fara
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,086 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #13,208)
- 245 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #13,208)
- 1,373 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
62 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1976 at #1,729 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,986
- Highest: 1 in 25,986 girls born in 1977 were named Fara (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,729 in 1976, was only 1 in 26,638 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 24.6% of all girls named Fara (269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,618 (1914) | #3,744 |
| 1920s | 42 | #2,780 (1922) | #4,103 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,848 (1931) | #3,948 |
| 1940s | 13 | #3,892 (1949) | #4,426 |
| 1950s | 112 | #2,535 (1950) | #3,696 |
| 1960s | 180 | #2,061 (1960) | #3,146 |
| 1970s | 269 | #1,729 (1976) | #3,291 |
| 1980s | 149 | #3,172 (1982) | #5,392 |
| 1990s | 73 | #6,008 (1992) | #10,214 |
| 2000s | 75 | #8,534 (2000) | #11,889 |
| 2010s | 117 | #6,564 (2011) | #9,777 |
| 2020s | 39 | #11,122 (2024) | #12,915 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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