Meaning and history
The name means “joy” or “happiness” in Arabic and comes from the root فرح (fariḥa), meaning “to be happy.”
20062006: 130 births, rank #1,627
2007: 118 births, rank #1,804
2008: 140 births, rank #1,620
2009: 129 births, rank #1,710
2010: 151 births, rank #1,489
20112011: 164 births, rank #1,392
2012: 178 births, rank #1,322
2013: 166 births, rank #1,391
2014: 152 births, rank #1,471
2015: 172 births, rank #1,372
20162016: 157 births, rank #1,465
2017: 143 births, rank #1,534
2018: 177 births, rank #1,288
2019: 120 births, rank #1,724
2020: 153 births, rank #1,422
20212021: 159 births, rank #1,379
2022: 157 births, rank #1,431
2023: 173 births, rank #1,310
2024: 167 births, rank #1,363
20252025: 164 births, rank #1,348
Farah moved from #803 to #855 for girls between 1976 and 1977. Its highest annual birth count came in 1976, with 173 births.