girls:
11.8k births since 1968
#1452 (75th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 1980
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
11.8k births since 1968
#2428 (69th percentile)
The name Farrah is the #2,428 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,775 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 68.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,452 (74.6% percentile) for all time with 11,768 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1980.
Farrah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for girls and 1980 for boys). Birth data for Farrah is available in 54 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023 (54 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Farrah has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Farrah reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 77.7% percentile (ranked #172) with 921 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 921 births per million (ranked 77.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Farrah ranks #786 for girls (17.0% percentile) with 95 births per million, which is 10.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Farrah reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #679) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1980.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Farrah".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Farrah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.9% confident that Farrah is pronounced as FEH-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FA-ruh, at 38.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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