Fahad

maleStatistical record

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

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

Fahad: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #490 in 2011, and it stood at #968 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#490highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#633
1997	#759
1998	#716
1999	#718
2000	#568
2001	#814
2002	#586
2003	#633
2004	#703
2005	#638
2006	#733
2007	#742
2008	#818
2009	#696
2010	#1082
2011	#976
2012	#962
2013	#1339
2014	#988
2015	#1046
2016	#1187
2017	#1339
2018	#1097
2019	#1253
2020	#1192
2021	#1139
2022	#1143
2023	#874
2024	#968

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #635 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1097 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #633 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2018
Highest recorded position: #490 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2004–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #968 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Fahad appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 820 births with the name.

Fahad across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Fahad's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#633 (1996)	#568 (2000)	#968 (2024)	29 of 29	820 (1996–2024)	43 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#506 (2004)	#490 (2011)	#635 (2018)	5 of 15	21 (2004–2018)	6 (2011)

Fahad 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 Fahad in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	92	4 of 10	23
2000sbusiest	346	10 of 10	35
2010s	244	10 of 10	24
2020s	138	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 35 births a year.

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

Fahad 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #490 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Fahad'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#968	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#874	36	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1192	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1097	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#962	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#696	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#818	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#742	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#733	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#638	41	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#703	33	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#633	35	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#586	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#814	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#568	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#633	25	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #490, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, 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.

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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Fahim · #554, 28y

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.

Aishat · #490, 25y
Emrys · #490, 26y
Zackary · #490, 29y
Franky · #489, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aishat · #490, 25y
Emrys · #490, 26y
Zackary · #490, 29y
Franky · #489, 26y

Fahad was ranked #490 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2011. 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.

Fahad 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 Fahad without appearing here.

Fahad moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1253 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1192 and #2076.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1192 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1139 and #1984.
Colin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1143 and #1104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #874 and #1610.
Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1253 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1192 and #1723.

Moved ahead of Fahad

Ronald Compare
In 2012 they stood at #962 and #998 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1339 and #771.
Magnus Compare
In 2009 they stood at #696 and #737 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1082 and #589.
Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #696 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1082 and #625.
Erik Compare
In 2009 they stood at #696 and #748 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1082 and #653.

Moved the opposite way to Fahad

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fahad went from #633 to #968 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fahad went from #633 to #968 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fahad went from #633 to #968 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fahad went from #633 to #968 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Fahad

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fahad went from #633 to #968 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fahad went from #633 to #968 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fahad went from #633 to #968 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fahad went from #633 to #968 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #490 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fahad

Fahad at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fahad across 2 official records

Fahad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Fahad appears in

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Fahad at a glance

Fahad across 2 official records

Fahad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Fahad

Fahad and the names beside it

Fahad moved ahead of

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