Farah
#2,143 most common girls' name of all time · #3,640 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1960–2025
Rank among girls
#2,143
Rank overall
#3,640 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
6,376
Since 2016
1,578
Peak year
2012 #1,324
Best rank
#806 1976
Girls
Boys
peak 183/yr
Farah first appears in 1960. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,349 |
| 2024 | 167 | — | 167 | #1,365 |
| 2023 | 173 | — | 173 | #1,314 |
| 2022 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,434 |
| 2021 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,381 |
| 2020 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,429 |
| 2019 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,728 |
| 2018 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,288 |
| 2017 | 143 | 8 | 151 | #1,538 |
| 2016 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,468 |
| 2015 | 172 | 5 | 177 | #1,376 |
| 2014 | 152 | 9 | 161 | #1,476 |
| 2013 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,392 |
| 2012 | 178 | 5 | 183 | #1,324 |
| 2011 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,398 |
| 2010 | 151 | 5 | 156 | #1,492 |
| 2009 | 129 | 6 | 135 | #1,715 |
| 2008 | 140 | — | 140 | #1,624 |
| 2007 | 118 | 8 | 126 | #1,809 |
| 2006 | 130 | 7 | 137 | #1,634 |
| 2005 | 111 | 5 | 116 | #1,770 |
| 2004 | 118 | 5 | 123 | #1,650 |
| 2003 | 129 | 5 | 134 | #1,513 |
| 2002 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,474 |
| 2001 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,893 |
| 2000 | 88 | 5 | 93 | #1,929 |
| 1999 | 105 | 5 | 110 | #1,605 |
| 1998 | 86 | 8 | 94 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,794 |
| 1996 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,759 |
| 1995 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,842 |
| 1994 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,917 |
| 1993 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,548 |
| 1992 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1991 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,674 |
| 1990 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,628 |
| 1989 | 114 | 7 | 121 | #1,352 |
| 1988 | 92 | 5 | 97 | #1,487 |
| 1987 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,431 |
| 1986 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,568 |
| 1985 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,573 |
| 1984 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1983 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,791 |
| 1982 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,614 |
| 1981 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,526 |
| 1980 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,618 |
| 1979 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,766 |
| 1978 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,629 |
| 1977 | 172 | — | 172 | #857 |
| 1976 | 173 | — | 173 | #806 |
| 1975 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,371 |
| 1974 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,872 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,258 |
| 1972 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,169 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,351 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,197 |
| 1969 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,393 |
| 1968 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,047 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,562 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,723 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,735 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,077 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,795 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,588 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,007 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,902 |