How rare is the name Farah?

10,501 people in the United States have the first name Farah, about 1 in 28,762. It ranks #2,381 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FARAH

#2,381

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,501
About
1 in 28,762
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,501 people named Farah, 44.4% reported their origin as White, 25.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 16.8% as Black. 94% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Farah peaked in 2012, when 183 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19602025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
183
In 2025*
164 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,376 babies have been given the name since 1960. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Farah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,365. The largest share of babies named Farah, 32.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#5,164149
1970s#2,365710
1980s#2,438830
1990s#2,910876
2000s#2,8731,226
2010s#2,5441,612
2020s#2,579973
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–8013.5%
Millennials 1981–9621.1%
Generation Z 1997–1231.6%
2013 and later32.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Farah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Farah has been most common in Florida (3.5×), New York (2.8×), and New Jersey (2.1×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.3×).

4,065 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Farah

#2,379 Gus · 10,519#2,380 Kaylyn · 10,517#2,382 Marlena · 10,496#2,383 Brycen · 10,495

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Farah, most common first.

#2,438 Farrah · 10,175#9,564 Fara · 1,444#40,999 Farai · 180

Also a last name

As a last name, Farah ranks #4,357 of 156,621, with 7,867 people. See Farah as a last name

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