Fuad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- foo-AHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Fuad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “heart”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Fuad mean?
Arabic
“heart”
Borne by Fuad I, who became the first king of modern Egypt in 1922.
Is Fuad a girl's or a boy's name?
Fuad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fuad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Fuad, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fuad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Fuad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Fouad 7
- Fuad 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Fuad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Fuad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Fuad, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had more boys named Fuad than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Fuad in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fuad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Fuad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Fahad Abdullah Zayd Umar Musa Mustafa Khalid Fareed Ziyad
Other spellings of Fuad
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, “Fuad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fuad, updated 20 October 2026.