Fariah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Fariah: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,925 in 2017, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2925highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2011	#3549
2012	#4171
2013	#3536
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#2925
2018	#3985
2019	#5591
2021	#4634
2024	#5891

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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 recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2925 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Fariah 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 Fariah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	23	7 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	43	9 of 10	5
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Fariah 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2925 in England and Wales in 2017.

Fariah'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,925, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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 →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Faria · #1525, 26y
Farid · #1485, 27y
Farida · #718, 30y

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.

Aleenah · #2925, 18y
Begw · #2925, 16y
Israh · #2925, 22y
Maelys · #2925, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Israh · #2925, 22y
Ryah · #2925, 14y
Safura · #2925, 10y
Xia · #2925, 12y

Fariah 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 Fariah without appearing here.

Fariah moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #5765.
Josefine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #4763.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #5876.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Fariah

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #1279.
Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3174 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #965.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4634 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Fariah

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariah went from #3174 to #5891 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariah went from #3174 to #5891 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariah went from #3174 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariah went from #3174 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Fariah

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariah went from #3174 to #5891 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariah went from #3174 to #5891 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariah went from #3174 to #5891 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariah went from #3174 to #5891 and Alex from #179 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2925 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fariah

Fariah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fariah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fariah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Fariah and the names beside it

Fariah moved ahead of

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Fariah at a glance

Fariah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fariah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Fariah and the names beside it

Fariah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fariah

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