Farouk

#7,835 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Faruq

Farouk has been given to 282 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #7,835 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Farouk, 2025

1 in 332,000

Farouk over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Farouk: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Faruq

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Farouk means

Farouk is a alternate transcription of Faruq.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Farouk → Faruq. The family’s meaning is “person who can tell right from wrong”, recorded in the naming reference for Faruq.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Faruq.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 282 boys were recorded with the name Farouk between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2015; its best national rank was #5,009 in 1979.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,884 in 2020 to #7,835 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,082 in 2015 to #7,835 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Farouk?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 171,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,835; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Farouk sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Farouk. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Farouks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Farouk was born before 2011 — so the typical Farouk is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 38.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 77.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 282; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 38.3% of all recorded uses (108).

Is Farouk rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +105; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,049; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,753; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.71×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 71.4%; Peak was 2015 (14)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,009; 1979

Spellings of Farouk

Farouk is not the most common spelling — Faron is, with 89.6% against Farouk's 10.4%.

Faron89.6%2,420
Farouk10.4%282

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Farouk around the world

Where Farouk ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1998–2024
#5,120
in 2024
France
1946–2025
#1,464
in 2025
Canada
2000–2023
#3,103
in 2023
South Australia
2010–2010
#754
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Farouk by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,835
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,049
Best rank ever: #5,009; 1979
Peak year: 2015; 14 that year
First recorded: 1979
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 282
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Farouk

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Farhad Farren Farzad Farooq Fareed Faraz Farhaan Farhan Farmer Farron Fares Farid Farrel Farris Fariz Farley Faraaz Fardeen Faron Fardin Faraji Farah Faris Faruq

Sibling names for Farouk

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Brennen Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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