# Faheem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/faheem/  
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 | “to understand” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 808 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 808 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 460, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَهِيم (fahīm, “to understand”).

## 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 | 24 | 4,143 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,436 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,013 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,816 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,818 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,465 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,798 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,780 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,641 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,529 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,125 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,506 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,034 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,363 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,168 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19 | 1,289 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## 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.