Farah is a distinctive choice, ranked #708 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Farah in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#708
About the Name Farah
Farah is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 357 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #428 in 2001 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Farah is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Farah
Unlikely. With around 53 UK babies named Farah per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Farah in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Farah is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 357 places over the last five years to #708 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Farah is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Farah include: Farah Pahlavi — Farah Pahlavi is a member of the Pahlavi dynasty.; Farah Karimi — Farahnaz "Farah" Karimi is an Iranian-Dutch politician.; Abdulaziz Farah — Abdulaziz Ali Farah is a Kenyan politician and a member of the 11th Kenyan parliament elected from Mandera East Constituency on the ticket of United Republican....
Farah does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Farahs in the wild.
53
UK babies named Farah (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 357 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Farah
Likely around 1 other Farah in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Farah
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Farah Pahlavi is a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. She was the last queen and empress (شهبانو, Shahbânu) of Iran and is the third wife and widow of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Haji Farah Omar (Somali: Xaaji Faarax Oomaar, Arabic: الحاج فارح أومار) was a famous politician and Somali nationalist in the former British Somaliland Protectorate (today Somaliland). He was one of the first modern politicians to emerge in the Protectorate and later became one of the first initiators and pioneer leaders of the political struggle between Somali people and colonial forces.
Farahnaz "Farah" Karimi is an Iranian-Dutch politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands between 1998 and 2006 for GreenLeft.
Abdulaziz Ali Farah is a Kenyan politician and a member of the 11th Kenyan parliament elected from Mandera East Constituency on the ticket of United Republican Party (URP) and with support of Jubilee Coalition in 2013. In the parliament, he served on the Environment & Natural Resources committee.
Joseph Francis Farah is an American author, journalist, and editor-in-chief of the far-right website WorldNetDaily (WND). Farah gained prominence for promoting conspiracy theories surrounding the suicide of Vince Foster and is a proponent of birtherism, a debunked conspiracy theory that Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States.
Adem Farah (Amharic: አዳም ፋራህ), also transliterated as Adam Farah and Aden Farah, is an Ethiopian politician who was Speaker of the House of Federation (HoF), replacing Keria Ibrahim from 2020 to 2021 and Somali Region Vice President from 2018 to 2020. He is currently serving as Deputy Chairman of the Prosperity Party since March 2022.
Farah Khan is a Singaporean entrepreneur, the founder of the luxury retail fashion boutique Melium Group and the creative director of the Farah Khan label. In 2011, The Star listed her as one of the top 100 memorable women in Malaysia.
Farah Hussein Sharmarke (Somali: Faarax Xuseen Sharmaaarke; Arabic: فارح حسين شر ماركئ) was a Somali poet who composed poems during the 1940s and early 1950s whilst living in Isiolo, Kenya.