Farid
Boy · fuh-REED · Arabic
Farid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “unique, unrivalled”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Farid mean?
Arabic: from Arabic farid
“unique, unrivalled”
Farid ud-Din Attar was a 12th-century Persian poet, author of The Conference of the Birds.
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- fuh-REED
Is Farid a girl's or a boy's name?
Farid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Farid, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Farid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were given Farid or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,242, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Fareed 13
- Farid 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Farid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Farid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,764among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Farid, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had the most boys named Farid of any year since it first appeared, in 1962.
Half of all the boys named Farid in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were given Farid or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,987, up from #2,764 for this spelling alone.
- Farid 46
- Fareed 13
Farid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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