Pharoah
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Pharoah is a boys' name, meaning “great house”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Pharoah mean?
Spelling of pharaoh, from ancient Egyptian per-aa via Hebrew and Greek
“great house”
This spelling was used by the influential American jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders (1940-2022).
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Is Pharoah a girl's or a boy's name?
Pharoah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pharoah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Pharoah, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1936.
2025 had fewer boys named Pharoah than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Pharoah in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 81 boys in the US were given Pharoah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Pharaoh 73
- Pharoah 8
Pharoah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
Names like Pharoah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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