Farhana
Farhana is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay.
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Bengali
- Malay
Meaning & Origin of Farhana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Farhana is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Bengali
- Malay
The Story of Farhana
American parents first put Farhana on the record books as a baby girl name in 1980, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 12 Farhanas were born — ranking #5,923 that year. About 31% of every Farhana on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Farhana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 270 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Farhana
Farhana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 270 births in the dataset. Farhana's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #5,923. Use the chart and map above to compare Farhana'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.