Farhan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- far-HAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,102 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Farhan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, joyful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Farhan mean?
Arabic
“happy, joyful”
From the Arabic root for joy, which also gives the names Farah and Fariha.
Is Farhan a girl's or a boy's name?
Farhan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farhan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,102among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Farhan, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 121 boys.
Half of all the boys named Farhan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. 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 Farhan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #1,102 for this spelling alone.
- Farhan 29
- Farhaan 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Farhan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 48 | #783 |
| 2023 | 42 | #847 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 32 | #981 |
| 2019 | 47 | #764 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 49 | #763 |
| 2016 | 54 | #708 |
| 2015 | 61 | #640 |
| 2014 | 55 | #673 |
| 2013 | 81 | #519 |
| 2012 | 68 | #582 |
| 2011 | 102 | #428 |
| 2010 | 103 | #422 |
| 2009 | 119 | #368 |
| 2008 | 121 | #356 |
| 2007 | 101 | #399 |
| 2006 | 80 | #449 |
| 2005 | 75 | #433 |
| 2004 | 71 | #429 |
| 2003 | 54 | #499 |
| 2002 | 61 | #418 |
| 2001 | 52 | #456 |
| 2000 | 45 | #501 |
| 1999 | 35 | #596 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 36 | #556 |
| 1996 | 38 | #506 |
How popular is Farhan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,056among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Farhan, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,418th. It first appears in the records in 1976.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Farhan of any year since it first appeared, in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Farhan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were given Farhan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,726, up from #2,056 for this spelling alone.
- Farhan 72
- Farhaan 5
Farhan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,133 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,324 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,418 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,090 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,278 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
Names like Farhan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Faizan Abdullah Fahad Abdulrahman Musa Zayan Hassan Zayaan Mustafa
Other spellings of Farhan
Names related to Farhan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Farhan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farhan, updated 20 October 2026.