# Faiz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/faiz/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 564 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 564 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 401, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 4,144 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,797 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,362 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,593 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,819 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,359 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,817 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,832 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,534 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,888 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,435 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,472 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,529 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6,971 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,685 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Faiz

- Faïz Selemani, Comorian-French association football player
- Faiz Ahmad, Afghan communist leader (1946–1986)
- Faiz Mattoir, Comorian footballer
- Faiz Fazal, Cricket 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.