# Farrah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/farrah/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “iron worker”, “smith” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,163 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7 / 12,156 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,265, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Farrar, from Middle English ferreor (“iron worker, smith”). The given name was popularized by the American actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009). Her name is often interpreted as a variant of Farah.

## What it means

Farrah is grouped under smith.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 538 | 541 |
| 2012 | 535 | 554 |
| 2013 | 456 | 614 |
| 2014 | 369 | 757 |
| 2015 | 360 | 785 |
| 2016 | 282 | 960 |
| 2017 | 255 | 1,017 |
| 2018 | 255 | 1,020 |
| 2019 | 219 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 189 | 1,212 |
| 2021 | 197 | 1,209 |
| 2022 | 199 | 1,216 |
| 2023 | 168 | 1,345 |
| 2024 | 211 | 1,147 |
| 2025 | 168 | 1,328 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | 5,116 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 94 | 449 |
| 2012 | 95 | 470 |
| 2013 | 83 | 505 |
| 2014 | 64 | 629 |
| 2015 | 47 | 809 |
| 2016 | 56 | 719 |
| 2017 | 42 | 899 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,238 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,311 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Farrah

- Farrah Fawcett, American actress (1947–2009)
- Farrah Franklin, American R&B singer
- Farrah Forke, American actress
- Farah Nabulsi, British-born and raised Palestinian human rights advocate, speaker, film writer, and produ

## 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.