How Many People Are Named Farrah?

11,897

people named Farrah are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 28,728 people in the US has this name

Based on 12,163 babies named Farrah in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,220

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,227

See the top 100

Peak Year

1977

1,515 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Variant transcription of FARAH.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.1%

All of the babies given the name Farrah in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Farrah alive today is about 26 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 45 in 2025.

Under 30 6,899
58%
30 to 59 4,998
42%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Farrah first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1977, to 1,515 babies. In 2025, 168 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Farrah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #177, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #1,328.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,328
Best rank#177 (1977)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#749 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Farrah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Farrah were born in California than in any other state: about 1,223 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Farrah was given 1.8 times as often in Alabama, 1.7 times in Louisiana and 1.6 times in Georgia.

California 1,223
Texas 1,023
New York 857
Florida 657
Georgia 445
Pennsylvania 433
Ohio 366
Illinois 363
North Carolina 350
Michigan 336
New Jersey 285
Virginia 263
Louisiana 261
Tennessee 247
Alabama 236
Indiana 178
South Carolina 157
Missouri 142
Kentucky 141
Mississippi 132
Washington 115
Arizona 109
Massachusetts 101
Maryland 98
Wisconsin 94
Arkansas 93
Minnesota 90
Oklahoma 69
Colorado 63
West Virginia 43
Utah 39
Oregon 37
Kansas 36
Connecticut 31
Iowa 26
New Mexico 20
Nevada 15
Maine 15
Hawaii 14
Nebraska 13
Montana 12
North Dakota 11
District of Columbia 9
South Dakota 8
Idaho 8
Alaska 7

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