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Farrah

Girl · FAR-a · Arabic

Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland

Farrah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joy, happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 1,326th for girls in the US (168 babies).

What does Farrah mean?

Arabic: spelling of Farah

“joy, happiness”

Spelling of Farah, the Arabic word for joy; the actor Farrah Fawcett made this spelling familiar in the 1970s.

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FAR-a

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Is Farrah a girl's or a boy's name?

Farrah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 168 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Farrah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,076among girls
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Farrah, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 776th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 153 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Farrah since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Farrah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Farrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 153 in 20122025
Farrah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#2,076
202441#928
202339#969
202243#878
202151#792
202052#776
201955#760
201867#661
201777#604
2016102#470
201587#543
2014124#398
2013143#356
2012153#350
2011151#350
2010100#470
200995#482
200860#670
200744#799
200654#655
200543#759
200451#639
200342#720
200235#786
200143#658
200034#755
199928#861
199837#728
199735#758
199638#689

How popular is Farrah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,326among girls
Babies in 2025
168about 1 in 9,600 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 168 girls in the US were named Farrah, making it the 1,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,211th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 1,515 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.

Half of all the girls named Farrah in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 180 girls in the US were given Farrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,129, up from #1,326 for this spelling alone.

1968Busiest: 1,515 in 19772025
Farrah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025168#1,326
2024211#1,147
2023168#1,344
2022199#1,216
2021197#1,209
2020189#1,211
2019219#1,113
2018255#1,018
2017255#1,016
2016282#960
2015360#784
2014369#757
2013456#614
2012535#553
2011538#539
2010530#550
2009240#1,063
2008154#1,508
2007163#1,445
2006185#1,286
2005142#1,479
2004128#1,545
2003146#1,374
2002124#1,519
2001136#1,395
2000116#1,540
1999113#1,513
1998121#1,414
1997132#1,310
1996122#1,373
1995117#1,398
1994114#1,405
1993129#1,306
1992109#1,449
1991119#1,363
1990119#1,336
1989143#1,146
1988183#923
1987181#917
1986121#1,171
1985123#1,158
1984132#1,059
1983122#1,110
1982141#1,032
1981135#1,055
1980170#893
1979200#791
1978332#539
19771,515#177
1976836#276
197581#1,332
197441#2,029
197310#5,189
19726#7,290
197118#3,507
19700–
19690–
19686#6,244

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