Faizan
Masculine · “abundance”
Faizan is an Arabic and Urdu word for abundance — specifically the overflowing of grace, the thing that spills over rather than the thing itself.
How old is the name Faizan?
Faizan first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Faizan alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 800 people named Faizan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Faizan most popular?
Faizan peaked in 2024, reaching #3104 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 653 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
Where it comes from
From fayd to Faizan
The story of Faizan
The root f-y-d gives Arabic its words for a river bursting its banks and, by a very old metaphor, for grace pouring outward from its source — which is why the word belongs to the vocabulary of Islamic mysticism as much as to hydrology. Faizan is used chiefly in South Asia, among Urdu-speaking families in Pakistan and India, and it reaches American and British records from there.
Meaning
abundance, overflowing grace
From an Arabic root meaning to overflow or flood; fayd names the overflowing and faizan its abundance, and in Sufi writing the word describes divine grace flowing outward. The related Faiz is also used as a name.
How the name formed
- fayd
- Faizan
Related forms: Fayzan · Faizan · Feyzan
Pronouncing Faizan
fy-ZAAN
Two syllables with the stress on the long second. English speakers often say FY-zan.
Nicknames for Faizan
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
- 1985
- Most boys named
- 202439 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3104reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −25.6%29 in 2025, from 39
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.
Faizan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Fayzan in Arabic — transliteration
- Faizan in Urdu — same name
- Feyzan in Persian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, New Jersey.
Faizans among us
people named Faizan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Faizan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jiovani test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Faizan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jiovani climbed just as high around 2009, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jiovani's path sketches the road Faizan is walking now.
Faizan 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 Faizan is headed
Faizan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Faizan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Faizan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely good image behind it — something that overflows.
- Faiz is a complete name in its own right and a ready short form.
- Six letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths.
- Faizan, Faizaan and Fayzan are all in use and relatives may prefer different ones.
- It is close to Faisal and Fahad in an English ear.
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Masculine · #3757 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Faizans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Faizan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Faizan in 2025?
- Faizan ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Faizan?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Faizan — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Faizan with classmates?
- Faizan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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