Farid
Masculine · “unique”
Farid is Arabic for the one of its kind — a single pearl with no match, the stone that cannot be paired. It is a word used for things of real value, and it became a name because of that rather than in spite of it.
How old is the name Farid?
Farid first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Farid alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,100 people named Farid are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Farid most popular?
Farid peaked in 1977, reaching #2361 nationally. Today it ranks #2765, 404 places below that high. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
From farid to Farid
The story of Farid
The root f-r-d runs through Arabic in words for the single, the odd-numbered and the unmatched, and farid is the one that became a name. It traveled with Arabic into Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Bengali and Malay, and it is used across the Muslim world and among Arabic-speaking Christians as well. The Persian poet Farid al-Din Attar, writing in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, gave it a place in literature that it has kept; his Conference of the Birds is still read. It reaches United States records with families from a very wide range of countries.
Meaning
unique, unequalled; a single precious gem
Arabic farid comes from the root f-r-d, which carries singleness and being alone. It is used for a pearl or a jewel that has no equal to set beside it, and by extension for a person without peer. The reading is transparent to Arabic speakers and is not disputed. The feminine Farida is equally common.
How the name formed
- farid
- Farid
Related forms: Farid · Farid · Ferit · Fareed · Forid
Pronouncing Farid
fah-REED
Two syllables with the stress on the second and a long ee at the end. English speakers often say FAIR-id, moving the stress forward and shortening the vowel, which changes it noticeably.
Nicknames for Farid
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
- 1962
- Most boys named
- 202546 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2361reached in 1977
- Change vs 2024
- +27.8%46 in 2025, from 36
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.
Farid in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Farid in Arabic — transliteration
- Farid in Persian — same name
- Ferit in Turkish — spelling variant
- Fareed in Urdu — spelling variant
- Forid in Bengali — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Farids among us
people named Farid are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 37,132 born in 2025 was named Farid
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 Craven test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Farid's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Craven climbed just as high around 1956, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Craven's path sketches the road Farid is walking now.
Farid 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 Farid is headed
Farid 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.
Farid beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Farid in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A clear, documented meaning that Arabic, Persian and Urdu speakers all recognize without explanation.
- Five letters, entirely phonetic, and easy for an English speaker to say once heard.
- Used across a very large part of the world, so it rarely needs introducing.
- English speakers move the stress to the front until corrected, which flattens the name.
- Farid, Fareed and Ferit are all standard in different countries and look unrelated on paper.
- It sits close to the English 'afraid' when said quickly by an unfamiliar speaker.
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Masculine · #2765 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Farids are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Farid are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Farid in 2025?
- Farid ranks #2765 among US boy names in 2025, with 46 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Farid?
- About 1 in every 37,132 US boys born in 2025 was named Farid — 46 in all.
- Will my child share the name Farid with classmates?
- Farid will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Farid
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