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How popular is the name Farah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Farahs are alive today.
Farah (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 778th in 2025 with 47 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2009, when 84 babies were given the name, the 483rd most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1065 in 2020 before climbing back to the 778th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Farah is one spelling of a name also recorded as Farrah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Farah you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Farahs born in England and Wales are between 12 and 28, and there are at least 3,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Farah.
How many babies are named Farah each year?
Includes all spellings: Farah, Farrah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Farah spelling rank?
Where does the Farrah spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Farah most popular?
Farah peaked in 2011, when 177 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Farah?
At least 3,700 people named Farah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Farah?
Most living Farahs are between 12 and 28; the most common age is about 14.
Is Farah becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.