Name Generator

How popular is the name Farai?

Births per year, rank history and how many Farais are alive today.

Farai (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2009, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2318th most popular that year.

The Farai you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Farais born in England and Wales are between 10 and 24, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Farai - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Farai.

How many babies are named Farai each year?

02468200020202000: 42003: 42004: 52005: 42006: 32007: 52009: 82010: 62011: 42012: 42013: 52014: 32015: 32016: 52019: 42024: 42025: 4actual

Where does Farai rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020202000: ranked 2,5012003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 2,5782005: ranked 3,2082006: ranked 4,0522007: ranked 3,0952009: ranked 2,3182010: ranked 2,9412011: ranked 3,8302012: ranked 3,9872013: ranked 3,3152014: ranked 4,6322015: ranked 4,7472016: ranked 3,4782019: ranked 3,9372024: ranked 4,2712025: ranked 4,275

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.

Chart: babies named Farai per year in England and Wales, 2000 to 2025, peaking at about 8 in 2009
Farai: births per year in England and Wales, 2000-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Farai most popular?

Farai peaked in 2009, when 8 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Farai?

At least 110 people named Farai born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Farai?

Most living Farais are between 10 and 24; the most common age is about 16.

Is Farai becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






Contact: writer@name-generator.org.uk | Data and Privacy Information | Change privacy settings