Fadi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FAH-dee
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Fadi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “redeemer, saviour”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Fadi mean?
Arabic
“redeemer, saviour”
Used by both Muslim and Christian Arab families; Arab Christians also use al-Fadi as a title of Jesus.
Is Fadi a girl's or a boy's name?
Fadi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fadi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fadi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fadi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Fadi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Fadi, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer boys named Fadi than any year since 1976.
Half of all the boys named Fadi in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fadi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Fadi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Hamza Mustafa Rafi Musa Umar Fahad Khalid Ibrahim Zayd
Names related to Fadi
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fadi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fadi, updated 20 October 2026.