Farah
#1,348 for girls in 2025, 164 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #8,840
Given to girls 98.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 173 births
- Debut · girls
- 19 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,278since 1960
Farah over time
Rank among girls' names. Farah has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,348 | 164 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,363 | 167 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,310 | 173 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,431 | 157 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,379 | 159 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,422 | 153 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,724 | 120 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,288 | 177 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,534 | 143 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #1,465 | 157 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,372 | 172 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #1,471 | 152 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #1,391 | 166 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,322 | 178 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #1,392 | 164 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,489 | 151 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #1,710 | 129 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #1,620 | 140 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,804 | 118 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #1,627 | 130 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #1,767 | 111 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,643 | 118 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #1,509 | 129 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #1,468 | 130 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,887 | 92 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,923 | 88 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #1,596 | 105 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #1,801 | 86 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #1,784 | 84 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,752 | 85 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,837 | 77 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,905 | 74 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,538 | 101 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,965 | 70 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,669 | 89 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,617 | 92 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,350 | 114 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #1,477 | 92 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #1,424 | 92 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,562 | 77 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,562 | 77 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,397 | 83 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,608 | 72 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,515 | 79 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,605 | 72 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 62 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,614 | 66 | — | |
| 1977 | #854 | 172 | — | |
| 1976 | #803 | 173 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,365 | 78 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Farah! It came in at #2,820, and was given to 19 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Farah is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#835 · 1 in 8,398
- New York#900 · 1 in 8,345
- Texas#1,020 · 1 in 10,128
- Florida#1,079 · 1 in 11,072
- Illinois#1,237 · 1 in 14,187
Best ever in a state: #423 in Oklahoma, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #835 | 5 | 1 in 8,398 |
| New York | #900 | 13 | 1 in 8,345 |
| Texas | #1,020 | 13 | 1 in 10,128 |
| Florida | #1,079 | 6 | 1 in 11,072 |
| Illinois | #1,237 | 5 | 1 in 14,187 |
| California | #1,776 | 9 | 1 in 23,078 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Farah
- 15 spots since 2024 (#1,363 → #1,348)
- 74 spots since 2020 (#1,422 → #1,348)
- 24 spots since 2015 (#1,372 → #1,348)
- Biggest jump: 562 spots in 1976 (#1,365 → #803)
- Biggest drop: 760 spots in 1978 (#854 → #1,614)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 1976 at #803 (173 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1976–1977
- Highest: 1 in 8,469 girls born in 1976 were named Farah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,800 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 25.2% of all girls named Farah (1,580) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149 | #2,350 (1969) | #3,603 |
| 1970s | 710 | #803 (1976) | #1,897 |
| 1980s | 818 | #1,350 (1989) | #1,527 |
| 1990s | 863 | #1,538 (1993) | #1,746 |
| 2000s | 1,185 | #1,468 (2002) | #1,696 |
| 2010s | 1,580 | #1,288 (2018) | #1,445 |
| 2020s | 973 | #1,310 (2023) | #1,376 |
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.
Farah in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 22,280 of them was named Farah, which outranked 87.8% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,552Madalyn78
- #1,552Tempestt78
- #1,552Thea78
- #1,562Farah77
- #1,562Farren77
- #1,562Keyonna77
- #1,562Khadijah77
- #1,572Apryl76
- #1,572Carmella76
- #1,572Danyell76
Tied with 9 names at #1,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.