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.
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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 12,073 of them was named Farah, which outranked 91.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,529Maritza144
- #1,529Marlie144
- #1,529Silvia144
- #1,534Farah143
- #1,534Alessa143
- #1,534Ayvah143
- #1,534Hartley143
- #1,545Brighton142
- #1,545Chevelle142
- #1,545Kaci142
Tied with 10 names at #1,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 231,370 of them was named Farah, which outranked 38.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,140Zorian9
- #8,140Zubayr9
- #8,140Zyren9
- #8,840Farah8
- #8,840Aadan8
- #8,840Aamari8
- #8,840Aarit8
- #9,696Aadesh7
- #9,696Aadin7
- #9,696Aadish7
Tied with 855 names at #8,840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.