Farah vs Mahima
Farah and Mahimacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Farah was ranked #778 and Mahima #4867 among girls in England and Wales.
Farah and Mahima over time
Farah and Mahima appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Farah held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mahima in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Mahima reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Farah in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Farah #428 in 2001, Mahima #485 in 2000.
List by list
England and Wales · Girls28 shared years, 1997–2025
Farah held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Mahima in 1.
Highest recorded here: Farah #428 in 2001, Mahima #485 in 2000.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Farah #778, Mahima #4867.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Farah | Mahima |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO | GB-ENW |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #608 (2025) | England and Wales · Girls #4867 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Farah has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Mahima.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Farah
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #502 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #195 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2008–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #778 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Mahima
Popularity journey
First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2025
Highest recorded position: #485 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4867 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls