Fariha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Fariha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #971 in 2005, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#971highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#1222
1997	#1176
1998	#1319
1999	#985
2000	#1095
2001	#1107
2002	#1066
2003	#1056
2004	#985
2005	#971
2006	#976
2007	#1296
2008	#972
2009	#1287
2010	#1815
2011	#1729
2012	#1720
2013	#2176
2014	#1501
2015	#1601
2016	#2233
2017	#2090
2018	#1526
2019	#3151
2020	#2300
2021	#2341
2022	#1948
2023	#1640
2024	#1406

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 every year 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 #1222 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: #971 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Fariha 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 Fariha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	66	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	235	10 of 10	24
2010s	151	10 of 10	15
2020s	77	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Fariha 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: #971 in England and Wales in 2005.

Fariha'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	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1287	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#972	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1296	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#976	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#971	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#985	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1066	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#985	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #971, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,406position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32births registered in its largest year, 200825 to 49 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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Farley · #1507, 24y

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.

Jibril · #970, 27y
Muhamed · #972, 28y
Acacia · #973, 29y
Adeeb · #973, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Blade · #970, 22y
Jibril · #970, 27y
Muhamed · #972, 28y
Acacia · #973, 29y

Fariha was ranked #971 in England and Wales · Girls in 2005. 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.

Fariha 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 Fariha without appearing here.

Fariha moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2176 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1501 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1526 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #4535.

Moved ahead of Fariha

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Clodagh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1601 and #1961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #1370.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1526 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #2458.
Frida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1287 and #1526 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #1218.

Moved the opposite way to Fariha

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariha went from #985 to #1406 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariha went from #985 to #1406 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariha went from #985 to #1406 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Fariha

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariha went from #1222 to #2341 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariha went from #1222 to #2341 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariha went from #1222 to #1720 and Vicki from #848 to #5876.
Martine Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Fariha went from #1222 to #1729 and Martine from #2350 to #4764.

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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: #971 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fariha

Fariha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fariha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fariha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Fariha at a glance

Fariha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fariha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Fariha

Fariha and the names beside it

Fariha moved ahead of

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