Faiza
Feminine · “victorious”
Faiza is the Arabic word for a woman who wins — the one who attains what she set out for, from a root about success rather than about luck.
How old is the name Faiza?
Faiza first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Faiza alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 1,000 people named Faiza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Faiza most popular?
Faiza peaked in 2017, reaching #3552 nationally. Today it ranks #4067, 515 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From faiz to Faiza
The story of Faiza
The root f-w-z runs through Arabic in words about attaining and prevailing, and it is used in religious contexts for ultimate success rather than for worldly luck — al-fawz al-azim, the supreme triumph, is a Qur'anic phrase. Faiza has been a women's name across the Arab world, Iran and South Asia, and reaches American records with families from all of them.
Meaning
victorious, successful
From an Arabic root meaning to succeed or attain; the masculine Faiz is the same word, and the related fawz names the winning itself. The Qur'an uses the root for the great success of the hereafter.
How the name formed
- faiz
- Faiza
Related forms: Faiza · Faiza · Faize
Pronouncing Faiza
FY-zah
Two syllables, first stressed. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Faiza
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most girls named
- 201743 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3552reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −12.5%35 in 2025, from 40
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Faiza in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Faiza in Arabic — same name
- Faiza in Urdu — same name
- Faize in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Minnesota, Texas.
Faizas among us
people named Faiza are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 45,922 born in 2025 was named Faiza
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Faiza
- #4067
- Faiza on the 2025 chart
- #914
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Faiza went to 35 girls in 2025, but Faizah and Fayza are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 46, which makes it the 914th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,153 places above the chart.
- Faiza35
- Faizah6
- Fayza5
About 1 girl in 34,941 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 45,922 for Faiza itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jacquilyn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Faiza's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jacquilyn climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jacquilyn's path sketches the road Faiza is walking now.
Faiza sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Faiza is headed
Faiza should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Faiza beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Faiza in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely strong sense — one who attains.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Recognized across the Arab world, Iran and South Asia.
- Faiza, Fayza and Faizah are all in use and none is dominant in English.
- It is close to Faiza, Fatima and Fariza in an English ear.
- Faye works as an English adaptation but loses the meaning entirely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Faizas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Faiza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Faiza?
- Faiza is the most-used spelling in US records — 35 of the 46 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Faizah and Fayza.
- How popular is the name Faiza in 2025?
- Faiza ranks #4067 among US girl names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Faiza?
- About 1 in every 45,922 US girls born in 2025 was named Faiza — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Faiza with classmates?
- Faiza will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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