Farrah
#1,326 for girls in 2025, 168 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #4,940
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 1,515 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,156since 1968
Farrah over time
Rank among girls' names. Farrah has never cracked the top 100 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 | #1,326 | 168 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,147 | 211 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,344 | 168 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,216 | 199 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,209 | 197 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,211 | 189 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,113 | 219 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,018 | 255 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,016 | 255 | — | |
| 2016 | #960 | 282 | — | |
| 2015 | #784 | 360 | — | |
| 2014 | #757 | 369 | — | |
| 2013 | #614 | 456 | — | |
| 2012 | #553 | 535 | — | |
| 2011 | #539 | 538 | — | |
| 2010 | #550 | 530 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,063 | 240 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,508 | 154 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,445 | 163 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,286 | 185 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,479 | 142 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,546 | 128 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,375 | 146 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,520 | 124 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,396 | 136 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,542 | 116 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,515 | 113 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,416 | 121 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,312 | 132 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,375 | 122 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,401 | 117 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,408 | 114 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,308 | 129 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,452 | 109 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,367 | 119 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,340 | 119 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,149 | 143 | — | |
| 1988 | #923 | 183 | — | |
| 1987 | #917 | 181 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,171 | 121 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,158 | 123 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,059 | 132 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,110 | 122 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,032 | 141 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,055 | 135 | — | |
| 1980 | #893 | 170 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #791 | 200 | — | |
| 1978 | #539 | 332 | — | |
| 1977 | #177 | 1,515 | — | |
| 1976 | #276 | 836 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,332 | 81 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | — | |
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| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Farrah! It came in at #6,246, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Farrah is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#552 · 1 in 4,357
- New Jersey#653 · 1 in 5,774
- Pennsylvania#693 · 1 in 7,682
- New York#712 · 1 in 6,288
- California#1,181 · 1 in 12,641
Best ever in a state: #85 in South Carolina, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #552 | 5 | 1 in 4,357 |
| New Jersey | #653 | 7 | 1 in 5,774 |
| Pennsylvania | #693 | 9 | 1 in 7,682 |
| New York | #712 | 17 | 1 in 6,288 |
| California | #1,181 | 16 | 1 in 12,641 |
| Florida | #1,222 | 5 | 1 in 13,051 |
| Texas | #1,290 | 9 | 1 in 14,817 |
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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 Farrah
- 179 spots since 2024 (#1,147 → #1,326)
- 115 spots since 2020 (#1,211 → #1,326)
- 542 spots since 2015 (#784 → #1,326)
- Biggest jump: 1,056 spots in 1976 (#1,332 → #276)
- Biggest drop: 362 spots in 1978 (#177 → #539)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1977 at #177 (1,515 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2010–2016
- Highest: 1 in 1,012 girls born in 1977 were named Farrah (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,567 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 31.3% of all girls named Farrah (3,799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,246 (1968) | #6,246 |
| 1970s | 3,039 | #177 (1977) | #2,348 |
| 1980s | 1,451 | #893 (1980) | #1,047 |
| 1990s | 1,195 | #1,308 (1993) | #1,389 |
| 2000s | 1,534 | #1,063 (2009) | #1,416 |
| 2010s | 3,799 | #539 (2011) | #790 |
| 2020s | 1,132 | #1,147 (2024) | #1,242 |
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.
Farrah in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 13,990 of them was named Farrah, which outranked 90.7% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,149Sharde124
- #1,149Shelia124
- #1,149Tamar124
- #1,158Farrah123
- #1,158Adria123
- #1,158Kenisha123
- #1,158Lina123
- #1,163Bree122
- #1,163Codi122
- #1,163Elicia122
Tied with 4 names at #1,158; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.