Farhana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Farhana: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #520, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#520highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#539
1997	#520
1998	#552
1999	#678
2000	#876
2001	#816
2002	#962
2003	#1129
2004	#1535
2005	#1406
2006	#1201
2007	#1502
2008	#2721
2009	#2759
2010	#1993
2011	#2432
2012	#2969
2013	#4050
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2016	#2367
2017	#3583
2020	#5493
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #539 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #520 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Farhana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Farhana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	181	4 of 10	45
2000sbusiest	182	10 of 10	18
2010s	62	8 of 10	8
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Farhana appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #520 in England and Wales in 1997.

Farhana'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	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1201	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#962	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#816	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#876	25	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#678	35	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#552	49	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#520	51	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#539	46	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #520, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 51 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
22 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
51births registered in its largest year, 199750 to 99 births →

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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Farheen · #1365, 25y
Faria · #1525, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Braydon · #518, 29y
Hettie · #517, 28y
Xanthe · #516, 29y
Taylan · #526, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Samual · #519, 26y
Sulayman · #519, 30y
Amine · #518, 29y
Braydon · #518, 29y

Farhana was ranked #520 in England and Wales · Girls in 1997. 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.

Farhana 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 Farhana without appearing here.

Farhana moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Farhana

Lorraine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #2115.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2969 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.

Moved the opposite way to Farhana

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farhana went from #539 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farhana went from #539 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farhana went from #539 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farhana went from #539 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Farhana

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farhana went from #539 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farhana went from #539 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farhana went from #539 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farhana went from #539 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #520 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Farhana

Farhana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Farhana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Farhana appears in

Popularity data

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Farhana at a glance

Farhana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Farhana

Farhana and the names beside it

Farhana moved ahead of

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