Faraji

Boys' name

Happy ending, through فَرَج

Faraji has been given to 50 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1977, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Faraji, 2023

1 in 663,000

Faraji over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Faraji: meaning, origin, and history

Happy ending, through فَرَج

Arabic

What Faraji means

Faraji belongs to the name family reached through Faraji → فَرَج. Its meaning is “happy ending”.

Origin, language, and formation

Faraji is used in Swahili. Its origins include Arabic.

Faraji comes through Arabic فَرَج.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include فَرَج.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 50 boys were recorded with the name Faraji between 1975 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1977; its best national rank was #4,756 in 1977.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Faraji?

Faraji had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Faraji sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Faraji. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Farajis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Faraji was born before 1979 — so the typical Faraji is around 46 today.

Median birth year: 1979; About 46 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 60.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 20.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 50; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 60.0% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Faraji rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1977 (7)
Years since peak: 48; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,756; 1977

Spellings of Faraji

Faraji is not the most common spelling — Faraz is, with 93.0% against Faraji's 7.0%.

Faraz93.0%660
Faraji7.0%50

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Faraji by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,756; 1977
Peak year: 1977; 7 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 50
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Faraji

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Farooq Fariz Farzad Fardin Farhaan Farzan Faraaz Farhad Farouk Farren Ohaji Faraja Faruk Farouq Faraj Farmer Farrin Taraji Faruq Farah Farbod Fareed Masaji Alhaji

Sibling names for Faraji

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jason Kevin Sommer Tamar Salina Jamila Corrie Shanta

For a brother

Torrey Tory Aric Rodrick Delvin Andrea Cedrick Jamey

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