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.
- Say it
- 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.
- Farrah 14
- Fara 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.
Farrah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 41 | #928 |
| 2023 | 39 | #969 |
| 2022 | 43 | #878 |
| 2021 | 51 | #792 |
| 2020 | 52 | #776 |
| 2019 | 55 | #760 |
| 2018 | 67 | #661 |
| 2017 | 77 | #604 |
| 2016 | 102 | #470 |
| 2015 | 87 | #543 |
| 2014 | 124 | #398 |
| 2013 | 143 | #356 |
| 2012 | 153 | #350 |
| 2011 | 151 | #350 |
| 2010 | 100 | #470 |
| 2009 | 95 | #482 |
| 2008 | 60 | #670 |
| 2007 | 44 | #799 |
| 2006 | 54 | #655 |
| 2005 | 43 | #759 |
| 2004 | 51 | #639 |
| 2003 | 42 | #720 |
| 2002 | 35 | #786 |
| 2001 | 43 | #658 |
| 2000 | 34 | #755 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 37 | #728 |
| 1997 | 35 | #758 |
| 1996 | 38 | #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.
Farrah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | #1,326 |
| 2024 | 211 | #1,147 |
| 2023 | 168 | #1,344 |
| 2022 | 199 | #1,216 |
| 2021 | 197 | #1,209 |
| 2020 | 189 | #1,211 |
| 2019 | 219 | #1,113 |
| 2018 | 255 | #1,018 |
| 2017 | 255 | #1,016 |
| 2016 | 282 | #960 |
| 2015 | 360 | #784 |
| 2014 | 369 | #757 |
| 2013 | 456 | #614 |
| 2012 | 535 | #553 |
| 2011 | 538 | #539 |
| 2010 | 530 | #550 |
| 2009 | 240 | #1,063 |
| 2008 | 154 | #1,508 |
| 2007 | 163 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 185 | #1,286 |
| 2005 | 142 | #1,479 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,545 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,374 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,519 |
| 2001 | 136 | #1,395 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,540 |
| 1999 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 1998 | 121 | #1,414 |
| 1997 | 132 | #1,310 |
| 1996 | 122 | #1,373 |
| 1995 | 117 | #1,398 |
| 1994 | 114 | #1,405 |
| 1993 | 129 | #1,306 |
| 1992 | 109 | #1,449 |
| 1991 | 119 | #1,363 |
| 1990 | 119 | #1,336 |
| 1989 | 143 | #1,146 |
| 1988 | 183 | #923 |
| 1987 | 181 | #917 |
| 1986 | 121 | #1,171 |
| 1985 | 123 | #1,158 |
| 1984 | 132 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 122 | #1,110 |
| 1982 | 141 | #1,032 |
| 1981 | 135 | #1,055 |
| 1980 | 170 | #893 |
| 1979 | 200 | #791 |
| 1978 | 332 | #539 |
| 1977 | 1,515 | #177 |
| 1976 | 836 | #276 |
| 1975 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,029 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Names like Farrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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