Tawhid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tow-HEED
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Tawhid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “oneness of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Tawhid mean?
Arabic: from Arabic tawhid
“oneness of God”
Tawhid, belief in the oneness of God, is the central doctrine of Islam.
Is Tawhid a girl's or a boy's name?
Tawhid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tawhid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Tawhid, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tawhid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Tawhid 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.
- Tawhid 7
- Tawheed 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Tawhid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
How popular is Tawhid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Tawhid, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had more boys named Tawhid than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Tawhid in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tawhid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
Names like Tawhid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayd, Zayan, Musa, Hamza, Ahmed, Khalid, Arham, Rayyan, Azaan, Umar
Other spellings of Tawhid
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, “Tawhid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tawhid, updated 20 October 2026.