Farhaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- far-HAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Farhaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, joyful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Farhaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Farhan
“happy, joyful”
From the Arabic root for joy, which also gives the names Farah and Fariha.
Meaning borrowed from Farhan.
Is Farhaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Farhaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farhaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Farhaan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 42 boys.
Half of all the boys named Farhaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Farhaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Farhan 29
- Farhaan 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Farhaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 30 | #972 |
| 2007 | 42 | #742 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 39 | #730 |
| 2004 | 31 | #796 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 26 | #791 |
| 2001 | 23 | #818 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
How popular is Farhaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Farhaan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Farhaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were given Farhaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,726, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
- Farhan 72
- Farhaan 5
Farhaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Farhaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fahad, Hassan, Faizan, Saif, Hamza, Umair, Haseeb, Faisal, Habib, Hammad, Fawaz, Fareed
Other spellings of Farhaan
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, “Farhaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farhaan, updated 20 October 2026.