Fara

girls:

1.1k births since 1914

#4638 (19th percentile)

overall:

1.1k births since 1914

#6661 (14th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Fara is the #6,661 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,078 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 13.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,638 (18.8% percentile) for all time with 1,078 births since 1914.

Fara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for girls in 1914). Birth data for Fara is available in 84 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Fara reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #714) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 36 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Fara ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 9.6% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fara".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
1,078
Peak Births
59
Peak Year
1977
First Recorded
1914
Peak Percentile
7.0%
Current Percentile
0.1%
Peak Rank
#714
Current Rank
#946
Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Fara", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 12 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Farrah" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Farrah..

How to Pronounce Fara

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Fara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 54.8% confident that Fara is pronounced as FAH-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FEH-ruh, at 35.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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FAH-ruh (2 syllables)
54.8% confidence
F AA1 R AH0
FA-ruh (2 syllables)
9.5% confidence
F AE1 R AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like F AA1 R AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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