# Farida (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/farida/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 860 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 860 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 323, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 4,607 |
| 2012 | 36 | 4,160 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,055 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4,495 |
| 2015 | 54 | 3,104 |
| 2016 | 52 | 3,152 |
| 2017 | 47 | 3,360 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,805 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,195 |
| 2020 | 29 | 4,588 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,277 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,406 |
| 2023 | 37 | 4,004 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,990 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,855 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,449 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## People named Farida

- Farida of Egypt, Egyptian queen consort (1921–1988)
- Farida Osman, Egyptian swimmer
- Farida Momand, Afghan physician and politician
- Farida Parveen, Bangladeshi singer (1954–2025)
- Farida Azizi, afghani peace and women's rights advocate
- Farida Yasmin, Bangladeshi journalist and the first female president and general secretary of National Pr
- Bobita, Bangladeshi film actress

## 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.