Fara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAR-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Fara is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joy, happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Fara mean?
Arabic: spelling of Farrah, itself a spelling of Farah
“joy, happiness”
Spelling of Farah, the Arabic word for joy; the actor Farrah Fawcett made this spelling familiar in the 1970s.
Meaning borrowed from Farrah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Fara a girl's or a boy's name?
Fara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Fara, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Fara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Farrah 14
- Fara 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Fara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
How popular is Fara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Fara, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Fara in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 180 girls in the US were given Fara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,129, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Fara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,729 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Fara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Faiza Hiba Rahma Hafsa Zainab Zaha Huda Fatma Saba Safaa Fatiha
Other spellings of Fara
Names related to Fara
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fara, updated 20 October 2026.