# Farhad (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/farhad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Persian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 273 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 273 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 142, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 | 7,548 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,441 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,481 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,658 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9,982 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,388 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,649 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,082 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,286 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,161 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,007 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,773 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,306 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,366 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,626 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: फ़रहाद
- Latin: Phraātēs
- Turkish: Ferhat

## People named Farhad

- Farhad Darya, Afghan singer/writer/composer/philanthropist
- Farhad Badalbeyli, Azerbaijani musician
- Farhad Veliyev, Azerbaijani association football player
- Farhad Khalilov, artist
- Farhad Moshiri, British-Iranian businessman
- Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.