Faraz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fuh-RAHZ
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Faraz is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “height, summit”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Faraz mean?
Persian: from Persian faraz
“height, summit”
Is Faraz a girl's or a boy's name?
Faraz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faraz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Faraz, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2002, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Faraz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. 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.
Faraz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Faraz 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 Faraz, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Faraz in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Faraz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Faraz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Fawaz Ahmed Fahad Musa Abdullah Mustafa Umar Ibrahim Raheem Faiz
Names related to Faraz
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Faraz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faraz, updated 20 October 2026.