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

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Peak · girls
1977 · 1,515 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,156
since 1968

Farrah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Farrah has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #177, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,326168—
2024#1,147211—
2023#1,344168—
2022#1,216199—
2021#1,209197—
2020#1,211189—
2019#1,113219—
2018#1,018255—
2017#1,016255—
2016#960282—
2015#784360—
2014#757369—
2013#614456—
2012#553535—
2011#539538—
2010#550530—
2009#1,063240—
2008#1,508154—
2007#1,445163—
2006#1,286185—
2005#1,479142—
2004#1,546128—
2003#1,375146—
2002#1,520124—
2001#1,396136—
2000#1,542116—
1999#1,515113—
1998#1,416121—
1997#1,312132—
1996#1,375122—
1995#1,401117—
1994#1,408114—
1993#1,308129—
1992#1,452109—
1991#1,367119—
1990#1,340119—
1989#1,149143—
1988#923183—
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1986#1,171121—
1985#1,158123—
1984#1,059132—
1983#1,110122—
1982#1,032141—
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1980#893170#4,9407
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1977#1771,515—
1976#276836—
1975#1,33281—
1974#2,02941—
1973#5,19110—
1972#7,2926—
1971#3,50818—
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First appearance
1968

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 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,489 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,357 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedMINew York: #1,055 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,895 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedINOhio: #1,394 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,460 girlsOHPennsylvania: #866 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,148 girlsPANew Jersey: #601 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,392 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,375 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 11,180 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedUTColorado: #901 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,065 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #997 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,311 girlsVAMaryland: #757 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,191 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedARTennessee: #997 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,356 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #741 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedLAMississippi: #447 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,786 girlsMSAlabama: #752 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,076 girlsALGeorgia: #1,366 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,972 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Farrah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,293 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 9,232 girlsTXFlorida: #1,354 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,902 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#447 · 1 in 1,786
  2. New Jersey#601 · 1 in 3,392
  3. South Carolina#741 · 1 in 3,790
  4. Alabama#752 · 1 in 4,076
  5. Maryland#757 · 1 in 4,191

Best ever in a state: #85 in South Carolina, 1977.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#44771 in 1,786
New Jersey#601121 in 3,392
South Carolina#74151 in 3,790
Alabama#75251 in 4,076
Maryland#75761 in 4,191
Pennsylvania#86691 in 6,148
Colorado#90151 in 5,065
Tennessee#99751 in 6,356
Virginia#99761 in 6,311
New York#1,055141 in 6,895
Texas#1,293181 in 9,232
Florida#1,35491 in 9,902
Georgia#1,36661 in 8,972
California#1,375211 in 11,180
Ohio#1,39451 in 11,460
Illinois#1,48961 in 11,357
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See more about Farrah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1977 at #177 (1,515 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2010–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,012
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 31.3% of all girls named Farrah (3,799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#6,246 (1968)#6,246
1970s3,039#177 (1977)#2,348
1980s1,451#893 (1980)#1,047
1990s1,195#1,308 (1993)#1,389
2000s1,534#1,063 (2009)#1,416
2010s3,799#539 (2011)#790
2020s1,132#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 2006

girls
#1,286
185 births · 1 in 10,277 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #1,286Farrah185
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 10,277 of them was named Farrah, which outranked 93.6% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Farrah
  1. #1,281Bonnie186
  2. #1,281Janie186
  3. #1,281Shaniyah186
  4. #1,286Farrah185
  5. #1,287Anisa184
  6. #1,287Reanna184
  7. #1,287Robyn184
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006 →