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Is Farah a Male or Female Name?

Farah is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Farah globally is 5.2% males and 94.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Sudan with 77.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Indonesia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Farah in percentages: Globally: 5.2% males, 94.8% females, Malaysia: 1.3% males, 98.7% females, Morocco: 9.8% males, 90.2% females, Egypt: 3.9% males, 96.1% females, Tunisia: 10.5% males, 89.5% females, United States: 3.4% males, 96.6% females, Algeria: 7.1% males, 92.9% females, France: 4.3% males, 95.7% females, Jordan: 3.8% males, 96.2% females, Lebanon: 3.7% males, 96.3% females, Saudi Arabia: 7.2% males, 92.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Farah are 18-24 years old, making up 54.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Farah in each age group: 18-24: 54.4%, 25-34: 21.0%, 35-44: 12.7%, 45-54: 6.2%, 55-64: 4.1%, 65+: 1.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Farah is Lebanon with 0.1876% of the population. Following is Jordan and Malaysia.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Farah measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Farah year over year: 1956: 0.0015‰, 1957: 0.001‰, 1958: 0.0011‰, 1959: 0.0015‰, 1960: 0.0029‰, 1961: 0.003‰, 1962: 0.0027‰, 1963: 0.0032‰, 1964: 0.0032‰, 1965: 0.0037‰, 1966: 0.0041‰, 1967: 0.0041‰, 1968: 0.0041‰, 1969: 0.0039‰, 1970: 0.0053‰, 1971: 0.0044‰, 1972: 0.0045‰, 1973: 0.0059‰, 1974: 0.0042‰, 1975: 0.0057‰, 1976: 0.0062‰, 1977: 0.005‰, 1978: 0.0055‰, 1979: 0.0064‰, 1980: 0.0078‰, 1981: 0.0067‰, 1982: 0.0073‰, 1983: 0.0082‰, 1984: 0.0093‰, 1985: 0.0104‰, 1986: 0.0118‰, 1987: 0.0143‰, 1988: 0.0156‰, 1989: 0.0161‰, 1990: 0.0158‰, 1991: 0.0163‰, 1992: 0.0167‰, 1993: 0.0159‰, 1994: 0.0157‰, 1995: 0.0244‰, 1996: 0.0235‰, 1997: 0.031‰, 1998: 0.0364‰, 1999: 0.058‰, 2000: 0.05‰, 2001: 0.0182‰

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