Fouad
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Fouad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “heart”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Fouad mean?
Arabic: French-style spelling of Fuad
“heart”
Fuad I ruled Egypt from 1917, first as sultan and from 1922 as its first modern king.
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Is Fouad a girl's or a boy's name?
Fouad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fouad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 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, 7 boys in the UK were named Fouad, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Fouad of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Fouad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Fouad 7
- Fuad 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Fouad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Fouad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Fouad, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Fouad in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fouad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
Names like Fouad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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