NameTides

Farrah

Farrah was the #1,326 girls' name in the US in 2025 (168 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Farrah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Farrah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Farrah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,326 (168)#4,867 (4)#780 (3)#231 (7)#413 (9)#1,265 (20)
2024#1,147 (211)#1,603 (19)#351 (9)#150 (13)#197 (22)#993 (27)
2023#1,344 (168)#1,525 (20)#540 (5)#142 (14)#445 (8)#1,369 (17)
2022#1,216 (199)#1,767 (16)#470 (6)#103 (21)#232 (19)#1,482 (15)
2021#1,209 (197)#1,311 (24)#363 (9)#131 (18)#209 (22)#1,153 (22)
2020#1,211 (189)#1,238 (26)#471 (6)#103 (20)#229 (19)#1,059 (24)
2019#1,113 (219)#1,439 (21)#286 (13)#102 (21)#196 (25)#1,138 (22)
2018#1,018 (255)#1,083 (32)#502 (6)#80 (29)#211 (23)#714 (40)
2017#1,016 (255)#899 (42)#327 (11)#91 (24)#189 (27)#881 (31)
2016#960 (282)#719 (56)#262 (16)#86 (30)#288 (16)#750 (38)
2015#784 (360)#809 (47)#300 (13)#92 (27)#185 (30)#674 (43)
2014#757 (369)#629 (64)#182 (25)#66 (35)#224 (23)#544 (57)
2013#614 (456)#505 (83)#188 (24)#63 (36)#201 (28)#705 (40)
2012#553 (535)#470 (95)#214 (21)#70 (37)#280 (18)#447 (70)
2011#539 (538)#449 (94)#169 (27)#82 (30)#207 (26)#514 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #177.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Farrah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,500 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Farrah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Farrah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Farrah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FarrahCanadaGirls#1,26520
FarrahEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
FarrahIrelandGirls#4139
FarrahNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
FarrahScotlandGirls#7803
FarrahUSGirls#1,326168
FarrahUSBoys—too few