Farheen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- far-HEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Farheen is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, joyful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Farheen mean?
Arabic: name used by Urdu-speaking families, from Arabic farih
“happy, joyful”
Is Farheen a girl's or a boy's name?
Farheen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farheen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Farheen, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 14 girls.
2025 had more girls named Farheen than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Farheen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were given Farheen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Farheen 8
- Farhin 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Farheen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Farheen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Farheen, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1989, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Farheen in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Farheen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
Names like Farheen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Farah, Faiza, Ayah, Hiba, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Rahma, Safaa, Sumayyah, Fatma
Names related to Farheen
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, “Farheen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farheen, updated 20 October 2026.