How rare is the name Farida?

4,206 people in the United States have the first name Farida, about 1 in 71,810. It ranks #4,441 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FARIDA

#4,441

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,206
About
1 in 71,810
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,206 people named Farida, 55% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 26.6% as White and 9.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Farida peaked in 2015, when 54 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19382025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
54
In 2025*
38 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 860 babies have been given the name since 1938. 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.

Farida by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #6,808. The largest share of babies named Farida, 57.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1930s#11,2936
1960s#16,2136
1970s#17,85117
1980s#16,25039
1990s#15,54874
2000s#13,457133
2010s#6,808379
2020s#7,250206
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Generation X 1965–802.7%
Millennials 1981–969.4%
Generation Z 1997–1230.1%
2013 and later57.1%

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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Farida ranks #98,501 of 156,621, with 197 people. See Farida as a last name

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