boys' name ★ peaked 2025

Farhan

Gender Boy Rank 2025 #2,062 Trend ↑ Rising 32%

Farhan or Farhaan is an Arabic masculine given name which means "happy, joyful, blessed, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness".

Rank 2025
#2,062
among boys · ↑78 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
72
named Farhan · +4% vs 2024
How common
1 in 23,723
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2025
72 babies
All-time total
1,824
#3,497 all-time among boys
First recorded
1976
in Social Security records

Farhan popularity over time

1,824 babies have been named Farhan since 1976, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Boys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Boys Per year Change Best rank
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1970s 15 2 – #3,562
1980s 154 15 +927% #2,116
1990s 280 28 +82% #2,157
2000s 455 46 +63% #2,208
2010s 552 55 +21% #2,099
2020s (to 2025) 368 61 +11% #2,062

Where Farhan is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 75 0.04 outside top 500
2027 79 0.05 outside top 500
2028 81 0.05 outside top 500
2029 84 0.05 outside top 500
2030 86 0.05 outside top 500

Where Farhan is most popular

Boys named Farhan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.036 per 1,000. Strongest in Virginia, New York, and California.

Vs national average
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All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Farhan born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Virginia 34 0.179 +393%
New York 46 0.106 +192%
California 49 0.054 +47%
Texas 36 0.041 +12%
Alaska – – –
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Connecticut – – –
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West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Farhan

Farhan is rare for boys in the United States, ranked #2,062 in 2025 with 72 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1976, 1,824 American babies have been named Farhan. Its peak came in 2025, when 72 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Farhan stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Farhan?

The median living Farhan is about 15 years old; half are between 7 and 25. An estimated 1,800 people named Farhan are alive in the United States today.

median 15 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Farhan year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Boys Boys rank
2025 72 #2,062
2024 69 #2,140
2023 65 #2,200
2022 61 #2,335
2021 47 #2,705
2020 54 #2,423
2019 53 #2,497
2018 55 #2,398
2017 66 #2,099
2016 58 #2,286
2015 52 #2,442
2014 34 #3,252
2013 62 #2,147
2012 53 #2,388
2011 59 #2,213
2010 60 #2,192
2009 60 #2,208
2008 49 #2,558
2007 53 #2,420
2006 55 #2,298
2005 49 #2,381
2004 40 #2,657
2003 38 #2,635
2002 45 #2,310
2001 30 #3,012
2000 36 #2,588
1995 25 #2,867
1990 22 #2,894
1985 19 #2,632
1980 6 #5,756
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Famous people named Farhan

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1974) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Farhan, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Farhan?

The median living Farhan is about 15 years old. Half of all living Farhans are between 7 and 25 years old.

How many people named Farhan are alive today?

An estimated 1,800 people named Farhan are alive in the United States, based on 1,824 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Farhan mean?

Farhan or Farhaan is an Arabic masculine given name which means "happy, joyful, blessed, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness".

How popular is the name Farhan in 2025?

Farhan ranked #2,062 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 72 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Farhan?

1,824 babies have been named Farhan in the United States since 1976, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Farhan most popular?

Farhan peaked in 2025, when 72 newborns received the name.

Is Farhan a boy or girl name?

Farhan is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Farhan rising or falling?

Farhan is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Farhan become more popular?

Farhan is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 86 boys named Farhan in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Farhan?

Well-known people named Farhan include Farhan Akhtar (film director).

Names like Farhan

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