Pharaoh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FAIR-oh
- US rank, 2025
- #2,035 for boys
Pharaoh is a boys' name, meaning “great house”. In 2025 it ranked 2,035th for boys in the US (73 babies).
What does Pharaoh mean?
Ancient Egyptian title, via Hebrew and Greek
“great house”
From Egyptian per-aa, 'great house', first the royal palace and later the king himself.
Is Pharaoh a girl's or a boy's name?
Pharaoh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pharaoh in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 boys.
Pharaoh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Pharaoh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,035th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 73 boys in the US were named Pharaoh, making it the 2,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,196th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 203 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Pharaoh than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Pharaoh in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 81 boys in the US were given Pharaoh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #2,035 for this spelling alone.
- Pharaoh 73
- Pharoah 8
Pharaoh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,035 |
| 2024 | 96 | #1,724 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,289 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,349 |
| 2020 | 160 | #1,196 |
| 2019 | 203 | #1,023 |
| 2018 | 162 | #1,176 |
| 2017 | 145 | #1,256 |
| 2016 | 138 | #1,310 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,444 |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 55 | #2,298 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
Names like Pharaoh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bodhi, Yusuf, Kairo, Yahya, Ayaan, River, Musa, Rowan, Yunus, Finn, Ayan, Ronan
Other spellings of Pharaoh
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, “Pharaoh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pharaoh, updated 20 October 2026.