Farida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fa-REE-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Farida is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “unique, precious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Farida mean?
Arabic: feminine of Farid
“unique, precious”
Queen Farida of Egypt was the first wife of King Farouk.
Is Farida a girl's or a boy's name?
Farida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farida in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Farida, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Farida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Farida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Farida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,831among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Farida, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1938.
2025 had more girls named Farida than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Farida in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Farida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,139 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
Names like Farida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Abeeha Hiba Aaliyah Zainab Amira Khadija Rahma Halima Nusaybah Safiya
Names related to Farida
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza 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, “Farida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farida, updated 20 October 2026.