Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Faraz

#6,187 most common boys' name of all time · #15,416 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among boys
#6,187
Rank overall
#15,416 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
660
Since 2016
96
Peak year
1998 #3,173
Best rank
#3,157 1990
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
198020002020

Faraz first appears in 1977. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,450
2024 — 8 8 #9,249
2023 — 12 12 #7,049
2021 — 11 11 #7,265
2020 — 9 9 #8,288
2019 — 17 17 #5,425
2018 — 13 13 #6,490
2017 — 14 14 #6,178
2016 — 7 7 #9,996
2015 — 9 9 #8,289
2014 — 8 8 #9,048
2013 — 8 8 #9,080
2012 — 13 13 #6,433
2011 — 6 6 #11,255
2010 — 10 10 #7,783
2009 — 10 10 #7,926
2008 — 21 21 #4,623
2007 — 17 17 #5,307
2006 — 14 14 #5,924
2005 — 20 20 #4,400
2004 — 15 15 #5,369
2003 — 21 21 #4,056
2002 — 25 25 #3,509
2001 — 25 25 #3,460
2000 — 22 22 #3,719
1999 — 20 20 #3,785
1998 — 25 25 #3,173
1997 — 16 16 #4,171
1996 — 14 14 #4,526
1995 — 17 17 #3,801
1994 — 20 20 #3,442
1993 — 20 20 #3,333
1992 — 20 20 #3,306
1991 — 19 19 #3,308
1990 — 20 20 #3,157
1989 — 12 12 #4,472
1988 — 13 13 #3,883
1987 — 16 16 #3,186
1986 — 15 15 #3,249
1985 — 10 10 #4,291
1984 — 12 12 #3,680
1983 — 12 12 #3,611
1982 — 6 6 #6,189
1981 — 8 8 #4,905
1980 — 6 6 #6,120
1979 — 5 5 #6,848
1978 — 9 9 #4,144
1977 — 5 5 #6,717