Fariha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fa-REE-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Fariha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, joyful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Fariha mean?
Arabic
“happy, joyful”
Is Fariha a girl's or a boy's name?
Fariha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fariha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Fariha, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fariha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were given Fariha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,037, up from #1,690 for this spelling alone.
- Fariha 18
- Fareeha 12
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Fariha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 33 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 26 | #1,027 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 21 | #1,121 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Fariha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Fariha, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Fariha in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fariha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Fariha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Hiba Hafsa Faiza Zainab Halima Rahma Safiya Sumayyah Fatiha Habiba
Other spellings of Fariha
Names related to Fariha
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, “Fariha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fariha, updated 20 October 2026.