Farouk
Boy · fah-ROOK · Arabic
Farouk is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who distinguishes right from wrong”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Farouk mean?
Arabic: from faruq
“one who distinguishes right from wrong”
Al-Faruq was the title of Umar, the second caliph; also borne by King Farouk of Egypt (reigned 1936-1952).
- Say it
- fah-ROOK
Is Farouk a girl's or a boy's name?
Farouk is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farouk in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Farouk in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Farouk in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
How popular is Farouk in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Farouk, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Farouk in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Farouk in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
Names like Farouk
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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