Farrah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Farrah: Recorded since 1977, with a gap of 18 years, it reached #63 in 2013, and it stood at #413 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#63highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Farrah's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#661
1997	#721
1998	#683
1999	#794
2000	#701
2001	#612
2002	#761
2003	#799
2004	#638
2005	#769
2006	#753
2007	#899
2008	#804
2009	#543
2010	#531
2011	#449
2012	#470
2013	#505
2014	#629
2015	#809
2016	#719
2017	#899
2018	#1083
2019	#1439
2020	#1238
2021	#1311
2022	#1767
2023	#1525
2024	#1603

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 Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 49 years from 1977 to 2025.

In 2024: #150 among girls in Northern Ireland, #197 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #351 among girls in Scotland, #1603 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1977–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #468 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #63 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2003–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Farrah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,261 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1977.

Farrah across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Farrah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#468 (1977)	#185 (2015)	#413 (2025)	25 of 49	390 (1977–2025)	30 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#661 (1996)	#449 (2011)	#1603 (2024)	29 of 29	1,261 (1996–2024)	95 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#63 (2013)	#150 (2024)	21 of 22	410 (2003–2024)	37 (2012)

Farrah 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 Farrah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	132	4 of 10	33
2000s	415	10 of 10	42
2010sbusiest	609	10 of 10	61
2020s	105	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 61 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 30, from 42 to 72.

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

Farrah 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 4 regions, from 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #63 in Northern Ireland in 2013.

Farrah'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	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1311	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1238	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1083	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#899	42	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#719	56	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#809	47	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#629	64	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#505	83	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#470	95	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#449	94	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#531	75	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#543	72	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#804	42	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#899	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#753	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#769	37	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#638	47	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#799	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#761	33	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#612	42	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#701	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#794	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#683	35	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#721	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#661	36	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#150	13	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#142	14	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#103	21	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#131	18	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#103	20	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#102	21	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#80	29	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#91	24	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#86	30	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#92	27	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#66	35	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#63	36	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#70	37	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#82	30	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#160	13	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#164	12	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#212	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	22	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	19	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	22	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	25	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	23	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	27	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	16	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	30	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	23	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	28	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	18	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	26	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	19	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#351	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1977 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #63, first reached in 2013.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 95 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 47 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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Farren · #1343, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Cheyenne · #63, 29y
Dexter · #63, 29y
Romy · #63, 32y
Brooklyn · #61, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Dane · #62, 45y
Erle · #64, 44y
Casey · #61, 47y
Casper · #61, 46y

Farrah was ranked #63 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2013. 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.

Farrah 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 Farrah without appearing here.

Farrah moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #2689.
Aisling Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1621 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #2504.
Katrina Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1767 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #2504.
Suzanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #769 and #745 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #753 and #1585.

Moved ahead of Farrah

Zara Compare
In 1999 they stood at #468 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #536 and #89.
Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1525 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #1160.
Lara Compare
In 1999 they stood at #468 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #536 and #98.
Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #719 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #899 and #499.

Moved the opposite way to Farrah

Camilla Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Farrah went from #468 to #197 while Camilla went from #369 to #556.
Donna Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Farrah went from #468 to #197 while Donna went from #116 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Farrah went from #468 to #197 while Katrina went from #248 to #898.
Kim Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Farrah went from #468 to #197 while Kim went from #188 to #736.

Moved the same way as Farrah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farrah went from #661 to #1603 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farrah went from #661 to #1603 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farrah went from #661 to #1603 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farrah went from #661 to #1603 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #63 in Northern Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Farrah

Farrah at a glance

What stands out in Farrah's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Farrah across 3 official records

Farrah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Farrah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Farrah moved ahead of

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Farrah at a glance

What stands out in Farrah's record

Farrah across 3 official records

Farrah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Farrah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Farrah

Farrah and the names beside it

Farrah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Farrah

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