Farhan
Farhan or Farhaan is an Arabic masculine given name which means "happy, joyful, blessed, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness". The name is the male variant from the female stem given name Farah, and is widely used in West Asia, North Africa and South Asia. It is a variant of Farhang and Ferhan as well.
Meaning & Origin of Farhan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Farhan or Farhaan is an Arabic masculine given name which means "happy, joyful, blessed, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness". The name is the male variant from the female stem given name Farah, and is widely used in West Asia, North Africa and South Asia. It is a variant of Farhang and Ferhan as well.
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The Story of Farhan
Farhan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1976, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 73 Farhans were born — ranking #2,065 that year. As of 2026, Farhan ranks #2,065 for baby boys with 73 births, rising sharply (+23% over the past five years). In total, more than 2K Farhans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Farhan
Farhan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Farhan's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #2,065. Use the chart and map above to compare Farhan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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