Farah Girl
How popular is Farah?
#1,348 girl name in 2025
164 baby girls were named Farah in the US in 2025, making it the 1348th most popular girl name.
Farah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,348 for girls (▲ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 164 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-5% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,372 in 2015, #1,422 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (178 girls) |
| Highest rank | #803 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Farah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Farrah family of names ranked #746 for girls in 2025 (#691 the year before), with 344 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Farah is most popular
Babies named Farah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.3 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (100 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 girls)
Farah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149 | #2,350 |
| 1970s | 710 | #803 |
| 1980s | 818 | #1,347 |
| 1990s | 863 | #1,536 |
| 2000s | 1,185 | #1,467 |
| 2010s | 1,580 | #1,288 |
| 2020s | 973 | #1,310 |
Girl names about as popular as Farah
Questions
- Is Farah a boy or girl name?
- Farah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Farah were girls.
- How popular is the name Farah?
- 164 baby girls were named Farah in the US in 2025, making it the 1348th most popular girl name.
- When was Farah most popular?
- Farah peaked in 2012, when 178 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #803 in 1976.
- How many people are named Farah?
- 6,376 babies have been named Farah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,266 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Farah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Farah was most common in Michigan, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.