How Many People Are Named Farah?
people named Farah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 54,676 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,376 babies named Farah in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
183 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "joy" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Farah, 98.5% were girls and 1.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Farah alive today is about 23 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Farah first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 2012, to 183 babies. In 2025, 164 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Farah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #803, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #1,350.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,350 |
| Best rank | #803 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,448 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Farah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Farah were born in New York than in any other state: about 880 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Farah was given 3.3 times as often in New York, 2.3 times in Florida and 2.1 times in New Jersey.
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