How rare is the name Farrah?

10,175 people in the United States have the first name Farrah, about 1 in 29,684. It ranks #2,438 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FARRAH

#2,438

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,175
About
1 in 29,684
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,175 people named Farrah, 57.2% reported their origin as White, 18.8% as Black and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Farrah peaked in 1977, when 1,515 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
1977
Births that year
1,515
In 2025*
168 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,163 babies have been given the name since 1968. 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.

Farrah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,021. The largest share of babies named Farrah, 28.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#1,0213,039
1980s#1,7471,458
1990s#2,3991,195
2000s#2,4671,534
2010s#1,3993,799
2020s#2,3211,132
Generation X 1965–8026.5%
Millennials 1981–9617.3%
Generation Z 1997–1228.8%
2013 and later27.4%

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 Farrah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Farrah has been most common in Florida (2×), Georgia (1.7×), and Louisiana (1.5×), and least common in Connecticut (0.3×).

9,484 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 Farrah

#2,436 Eldon · 10,189#2,436 Leopoldo · 10,189#2,439 Erlinda · 10,160#2,439 Giuseppe · 10,160

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,381 Farah · 10,501#34,047 Farra · 241

Also a last name

As a last name, Farrah ranks #32,541 of 156,621, with 757 people. See Farrah as a last name

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