Farha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAR-hah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Farha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joy, happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Farha mean?
Arabic
“joy, happiness”
Is Farha a girl's or a boy's name?
Farha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Farha, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Farha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Farha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Farha 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 Farha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Farha in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Farha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Farha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Faiza Rahma Zainab Huda Safaa Abeeha Fatma Zaha Farah
Names related to Farha
Farrah Fariha Fareeha Faria Farwa Farwah Fara Furaha Farhiya
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, “Farha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farha, updated 20 October 2026.