Fahed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FAH-hed
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Fahed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “panther, lynx”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Fahed mean?
Arabic: spelling of Fahd or Fahad
“panther, lynx”
A spelling of Fahd, an Arabic name borne by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921–2005).
Is Fahed a girl's or a boy's name?
Fahed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fahed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Fahed, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Fahed in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fahed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Fahed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Zahir Muhammad Hamza Fahad Mouhamed Musa Zayan Zamir Ahmad Ahmir Ziyad
Names related to Fahed
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Fahed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fahed, updated 20 October 2026.