Afrah
Girl · AF-rah · Arabic
Afrah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joys, happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Afrah mean?
Arabic: plural of farah 'joy'
“joys, happiness”
- Say it
- AF-rah
Is Afrah a girl's or a boy's name?
Afrah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afrah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Afrah, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Afrah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Afrah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Afrah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Afrah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Afrah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Afrah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Afrah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Afrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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