Fareed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fa-REED
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Fareed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “unique, matchless”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Fareed mean?
Arabic: spelling of Farid
“unique, matchless”
Farid al-Din Attar, the 12th-century Persian poet, wrote The Conference of the Birds.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Fareed a girl's or a boy's name?
Fareed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fareed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Fareed, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 boys.
2025 had more boys named Fareed than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Fareed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were given Fareed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,242, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
- Fareed 13
- Farid 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Fareed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Fareed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Fareed, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Fareed in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were given Fareed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,987, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
- Farid 46
- Fareed 13
Fareed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Fareed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Hamza Fahad Musa Zayd Mustafa Umar Khalid Zayaan Zayan
Other spellings of Fareed
Names related to Fareed
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, “Fareed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fareed, updated 20 October 2026.