Masculine dossier · first seen 1979

Pharaoh

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Pharaoh
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2019

Peak rank proxy

203

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1979Peak 20192024

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

53.7%

2024

All-time

1,917

Pharaoh has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2019, when 203 boys were named Pharaoh.

In 2024, only 94 boys were given the name.

Down 53.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,917 Americans have been named Pharaoh and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1979.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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