Farhan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Farhan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Farhan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #333 in 2008, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#333highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#489
1997	#538
1998	#657
1999	#544
2000	#468
2001	#416
2002	#389
2003	#453
2004	#402
2005	#421
2006	#421
2007	#368
2008	#333
2009	#349
2010	#386
2011	#411
2012	#542
2013	#479
2014	#624
2015	#601
2016	#681
2017	#709
2018	#1013
2019	#707
2020	#944
2021	#1078
2022	#1058
2023	#827
2024	#757

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #757 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #489 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #333 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #757 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Farhan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Farhan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	131	4 of 10	33
2000sbusiest	756	10 of 10	76
2010s	638	10 of 10	64
2020s	167	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 76 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births fell by 30, from 97 to 67.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Farhan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #333 in England and Wales in 2008.

Farhan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#757	45	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#827	39	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1058	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#707	47	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#709	49	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#681	51	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#601	61	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#624	55	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#479	80	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#542	67	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#411	97	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#386	103	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#349	113	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#333	117	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#368	99	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#421	79	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#421	69	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#402	69	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#453	54	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#389	61	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#416	52	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#468	43	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#657	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#538	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#489	37	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #333, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 117 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jannat · #333, 29y
Meredith · #333, 29y
Naya · #333, 27y
Rion · #334, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hania · #333, 30y
Jannat · #333, 29y
Mercy · #333, 29y
Meredith · #333, 29y

Farhan was ranked #333 in England and Wales · Boys in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Farhan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Farhan without appearing here.

Farhan moved ahead of

Phillip Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1013 and #835 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #707 and #1253.
Brendan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1013 and #958 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #707 and #1217.
Darren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1058 and #993 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #827 and #1272.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #657 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #544 and #973.

Moved ahead of Farhan

Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #411 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #542 and #238.
Erik Compare
In 2013 they stood at #479 and #524 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #624 and #367.
Tadhg Compare
In 2017 they stood at #709 and #943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1013 and #786.
Roman Compare
In 2002 they stood at #389 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #453 and #241.

Moved the opposite way to Farhan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farhan went from #489 to #757 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farhan went from #489 to #757 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farhan went from #489 to #757 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farhan went from #489 to #757 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Farhan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farhan went from #489 to #757 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farhan went from #489 to #757 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farhan went from #489 to #757 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farhan went from #489 to #757 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #333 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Farhan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Farhan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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