Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Farrah

Gender

Female

Origin

English
Happy
Pleasant, fair

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Pronunciation

f(ar)-rah

Famous People

Actress Farrah Fawcett

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Kyle Richards

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1980 (rank #4936, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #177, 1,516 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1326, 168 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–168
2024–209
2023–168
2022–199
2021–197
2020–188
2019–219
2018–255
2017–255
2016–282

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 2012 (rank #470, 95 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4866, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20254
202419
202320
202216
202124
202026
201921
201832
201742
201656

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

  • Girls: peak in 1994 (rank #816, 31 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20233
20225
2021–
20203
20193
20184
20176
20163
20153
20149

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 Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #185, 30 births); most recent 2025 (rank #410, 9 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20259
202422
20238
202219
202122
202019
201925
201823
201727
201616

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

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #169, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #780, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20253
20249
20235
20226
20219
20206
201913
20186
201711
201616

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

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #70, 37 births); most recent 2025 (rank #231, 7 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20257
202413
202314
202221
202118
202020
201921
201829
201724
201630

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #181, 18 births); most recent 2021 (rank #445, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20218
20207
2019–
20187
2017–
2016–
20159
201411

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence