Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Farrah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Farrah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Farrah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Farrah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Farrah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Farrah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Farrah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Farrah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 41 0.000013487 41 100%
1975 82 0.000027158 82 100%
1976 836 0.000275517 836 100%
1977 1515 0.000476941 1515 100%
1978 332 0.000104604 332 100%
1979 200 0.000060114 200 100%
1980 177 0.000051386 170 7 92%
1981 135 0.000039024 135 100%
1982 141 0.000040194 141 100%
1983 122 0.000035226 122 100%
1984 132 0.000037836 132 100%
1985 123 0.000034462 123 100%
1986 121 0.000034017 121 100%
1987 181 0.000050199 181 100%
1988 183 0.000049526 183 100%
1989 143 0.000037197 143 100%
1990 119 0.000030108 119 100%
1991 119 0.00003055 119 100%
1992 109 0.000028376 109 100%
1993 129 0.000034215 129 100%
1994 114 0.000030665 114 100%
1995 117 0.000031948 117 100%
1996 122 0.00003345 122 100%
1997 132 0.000036406 132 100%
1998 121 0.000032896 121 100%
1999 113 0.000030591 113 100%
2000 116 0.000030689 116 100%
2001 136 0.000036331 136 100%
2002 124 0.00003317 124 100%
2003 146 0.000038398 146 100%
2004 128 0.0000335 128 100%
2005 142 0.000036933 142 100%
2006 185 0.000046762 185 100%
2007 163 0.000040774 163 100%
2008 154 0.000039179 154 100%
2009 240 0.000062824 240 100%
2010 530 0.000143408 530 100%
2011 537 0.00014681 537 100%
2012 535 0.00014628 535 100%
2013 455 0.000124806 455 100%
2014 369 0.000099558 369 100%
2015 360 0.000097273 360 100%
2016 282 0.000076867 282 100%
2017 255 0.000071305 255 100%
2018 255 0.000072528 255 100%
2019 219 0.000063095 219 100%
2020 188 0.000056278 188 100%
2021 197 0.000058147 197 100%
2022 199 0.000058821 199 100%
2023 168 0.000050737 168 100%
2024 209 0.000062791 209 100%

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