Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Fara

Gender

Female

Origin

Arabic
traveler.

Pronunciation

f(a)-ra

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #1736, 59 births); most recent 2025 (rank #13208, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20256
20248
20237
20225
20217
20206
201912
20185
201713
20168

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #3998, 5 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #2918, 6 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4981, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #2458, 10 births); most recent 2020 (rank #5359, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
20213–
2020–3
2019–3
201834
2017–7
20164–
2015–5
2014–3

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #560, 5 births); most recent 2024 (rank #790, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence