Farhana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- far-HAA-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Farhana is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joyful, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Farhana mean?
Arabic: from the root farah 'joy'
“joyful, happy”
Is Farhana a girl's or a boy's name?
Farhana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farhana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Farhana, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 51 girls.
2025 had more girls named Farhana than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Farhana in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Farhana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 29 | #871 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 35 | #738 |
| 1998 | 50 | #591 |
| 1997 | 51 | #579 |
| 1996 | 46 | #590 |
How popular is Farhana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Farhana in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Farhana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Farhana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Faiza, Fariha, Hiba, Halima, Aaliyah, Habiba, Fatiha, Safiya, Fatma, Hafsa, Khadija
Names related to Farhana
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Farhana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farhana, updated 20 October 2026.