Faruq

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Faruq: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Faruq: Recorded since 1997, it reached #448 in 2005, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#448highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2000	#2501
2002	#2005
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#1744
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2018	#3959

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 22 years from 1997 to 2018.

In 2005: #448 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2754 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #3959 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Boys

Faruq by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Faruq in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	35	7 of 10	5
2010s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Faruq appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #448 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Faruq's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2018, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #448, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,959position in 2018, its most recent recorded year
8 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Fateh · #630, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dona · #447, 13y
Ivy-Mae · #447, 14y
Darcie-Rose · #446, 16y
Emilia-Rose · #446, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hira · #448, 30y
Huzaifa · #448, 30y
Libbie · #448, 28y
Shanaya · #448, 29y

Faruq was ranked #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Faruq and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Faruq without appearing here.

Faruq moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.
Graeme Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #2870.
Malin Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #3849.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Faruq

Harper Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1425.

Moved the opposite way to Faruq

Arlo Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Faruq went from #2501 to #3959 while Arlo went from #2142 to #36.
Kasper Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Faruq went from #2501 to #3959 while Kasper went from #1889 to #440.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #448 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Faruq

Faruq at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Faruq by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Faruq appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Faruq

Faruq and the names beside it

Faruq moved ahead of

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Faruq at a glance

Faruq by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Faruq appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Faruq

Faruq and the names beside it

Faruq moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Faruq

Moved the opposite way to Faruq