Farai

maleStatistical record

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

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

Farai: Recorded since 2000, it reached #2,318 in 2009, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#2318highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2008

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4524

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #2501 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #2318 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Farai 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 Farai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	33	7 of 10	5
2010s	34	8 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Farai 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2318 in England and Wales in 2009.

Farai'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,318, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 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.

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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.

Yishai · #2318, 17y
Asil · #2319, 13y
Karlos · #2319, 19y
Levi-James · #2319, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Yishai · #2318, 17y
Asil · #2319, 13y
Daris · #2319, 11y
Levi-James · #2319, 15y

Farai 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 Farai without appearing here.

Farai moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2318 and #3227.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3478 and #2804 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3937 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Farai

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3478 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #2964.
Henrik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2194.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2318 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.

Moved the opposite way to Farai

Albie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farai went from #2501 to #4270 while Albie went from #624 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farai went from #2501 to #4270 while Alfie went from #57 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farai went from #2501 to #4270 while Alfred went from #139 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farai went from #2501 to #4270 while Archie went from #81 to #10.

Moved the same way as Farai

Aaron Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farai went from #2501 to #4270 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farai went from #2501 to #4270 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farai went from #2501 to #4270 and Alan from #262 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farai went from #2501 to #4270 and Alex from #48 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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2318 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Farai

Farai at a glance

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Popularity journey

Farai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Farai at a glance

Farai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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