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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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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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
1987#917181
1986#1,171121
1985#1,158123
1984#1,059132
1983#1,110122
1982#1,032141
1981#1,055135
1980#893170#4,9407
1979#791200
1978#539332
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.

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 1989

girls
#1,149
143 births · 1 in 12,892 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #1,149Farrah143
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 12,892 of them was named Farrah, which outranked 92.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Farrah
  1. #1,145Danelle144
  2. #1,145Gabriell144
  3. #1,145Kami144
  4. #1,149Farrah143
  5. #1,149Annemarie143
  6. #1,149Britteny143
  7. #1,149Catherin143
  8. #1,157Carlee142
  9. #1,157Leona142
  10. #1,157Meghann142

Tied with 7 names at #1,149; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1989