Faheem
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Faheem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “to understand”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Faheem mean?
Arabic
“to understand”
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Faheem a girl's or a boy's name?
Faheem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faheem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Faheem, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Faheem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Faheem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 33 | #905 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,096 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 32 | #737 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 22 | #790 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Faheem 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 Faheem, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Faheem in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Faheem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
Names like Faheem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Raheem Abdullah Fahad Azeem Mustafa Hakeem Umar Musa Ibrahim
Names related to Faheem
More Arabic names
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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, “Faheem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faheem, updated 20 October 2026.