Pharaoh
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682
- #2,035 for boys in 2025, 73 births
- Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 203 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,992since 1979
Pharaoh over time
Rank among boys' names. Pharaoh has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,035 | 73 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,724 | 96 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,518 | 116 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,289 | 148 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,349 | 137 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,196 | 160 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,023 | 203 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #1,176 | 162 |
| 2017 | — | #1,256 | 145 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,310 | 138 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,444 | 117 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,730 | 87 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,299 | 55 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,950 | 39 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,894 | 41 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,044 | 25 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,808 | 19 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,001 | 24 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Pharaoh! It came in at #5,355, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1993, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Pharaoh is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,410 · 1 in 12,060
- Texas#1,760 · 1 in 19,450
- California#1,829 · 1 in 21,934
- Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
Best ever in a state: #153 in District of Columbia, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Pharaoh
- 839 spots since 2020 (#1,196 → #2,035)
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2019 at #1,023 (203 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,839 boys born in 2019 were named Pharaoh (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,398 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 51.0% of all boys named Pharaoh (1,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 6 | #5,355 (1979) | #5,355 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 54 | #4,613 (1996) | #6,531 |
| 2000s | 187 | #2,894 (2009) | #5,142 |
| 2010s | 1,015 | #1,023 (2019) | #2,006 |
| 2020s | 730 | #1,196 (2020) | #1,519 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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