# Fahad (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fahad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,612 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,612 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 866, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَهْد (fahd).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 2,919 |
| 2012 | 37 | 3,071 |
| 2013 | 55 | 2,311 |
| 2014 | 56 | 2,326 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,073 |
| 2016 | 54 | 2,392 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,038 |
| 2018 | 53 | 2,453 |
| 2019 | 47 | 2,706 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,632 |
| 2021 | 54 | 2,472 |
| 2022 | 50 | 2,653 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,199 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,063 |
| 2025 | 55 | 2,459 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 976 |
| 2012 | 30 | 962 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 29 | 988 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 36 | 874 |
| 2024 | 32 | 968 |
| 2025 | 46 | 745 |

## People named Fahad

- Fahad Khamees, Emirati footballer
- Fahad Abdulrahman, Emirati footballer
- Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Founder of the Kuwait Olympic Committee (1945-1990)
- Fahad Al Enezi, Basketball player
- Fahad Bayo, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.