# Faizan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/faizan/  
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 | “grace”, “favor” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 823 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 823 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,258, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic فَيْضَان (fayḍān); compare فَيْض (fayḍ, “grace, favor”).

## What it means

Faizan is grouped under grace.

## 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 | 22 | 4,410 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,914 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,747 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,558 |
| 2015 | 24 | 4,206 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,998 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3,264 |
| 2018 | 36 | 3,189 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,745 |
| 2020 | 33 | 3,364 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,286 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,237 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,497 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,128 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,786 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 615 |
| 2012 | 62 | 577 |
| 2013 | 44 | 730 |
| 2014 | 40 | 781 |
| 2015 | 45 | 727 |
| 2016 | 44 | 758 |
| 2017 | 39 | 818 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 33 | 894 |
| 2020 | 40 | 781 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 37 | 857 |
| 2025 | 45 | 758 |

## 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.