Furaha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- foo-RAH-ha
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Furaha is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “joy, happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Furaha mean?
Swahili
“joy, happiness”
Furaha is the everyday Swahili word for 'joy' or 'happiness'.
Is Furaha a girl's or a boy's name?
Furaha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Furaha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Furaha, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had the most girls named Furaha of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Furaha in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Furaha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Furaha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Fatiha Zamira Zahara Abeeha Zhamira Zaliyah Zaya Zaniyah Rahma Safiya Zayla
Names related to Furaha
More Swahili names
Zuri Imani Malaika Emani Jabari Zhuri Imara Maisha Asante Imaani Malaikah Taraji Xuri Zuriyah Johari Simba
Sources
Figures from 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, “Furaha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/furaha, updated 20 October 2026.