Falaq
Girl · FA-lak · Arabic
Falaq is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “daybreak”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Falaq mean?
Arabic
“daybreak”
Al-Falaq, 'The Daybreak', is the 113th surah of the Quran.
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Is Falaq a girl's or a boy's name?
Falaq is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Falaq in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Falaq, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Falaq in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Falaq or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Falak 9
- Falaq 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Falaq in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
Names like Falaq
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Falaq
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