Farah

Girl name

Farah has been given to 6,376 babies in the U.S. since 1960. It peaked in 2012.

Meaning & origin /ˈfærə/

Borrowed from Arabic فَرَح (faraḥ, “joy”).

Origin: Arabic

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

6,376

Peak year

2012 (183 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1960

10-year trend

▼ -7%

Gender split

98% girls / 2% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Farah.

6,386 babies since 1992

6,338 babies since 1993

6,318 babies since 1971

6,467 babies since 1918

6,281 babies since 1976

6,242 babies since 1996

6,541 babies since 1982

6,206 babies since 1963

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