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Firdaus

#8,527 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly The Paradise/Firdaus; the highest place in the celestial garden, through فِرْدَوْس

Firdaus has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #8,527 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Firdaus, 2025

1 in 276,000

Firdaus over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Firdaus over time

In 2025, Firdaus went to 71% girls and 29% boys.

20032025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Firdaus: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly The Paradise/Firdaus; the highest place in the celestial garden, through فِرْدَوْس

Arabic

What Firdaus means

Firdaus belongs to the name family reached through Firdaus → فِرْدَوْس. Its meaning is “The Paradise/Firdaus; the highest place in the celestial garden”.

Origin, language, and formation

Firdaus is used in Malay. Its origins include Arabic.

Firdaus comes through Arabic فِرْدَوْس.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include فِرْدَوْس.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Malay, Firdaus is pronounced [fe(r).da.(w)os].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 71 girls were recorded with the name Firdaus between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2025; its best national rank was #8,527 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,896 in 2020 to #8,527 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,336 in 2015 to #8,527 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Firdaus between 2025 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2025; its best national rank was #12,631 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Firdaus?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 134,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,527
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Firdaus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Firdaus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Firdauss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Firdaus was born before 2016 — so the typical Firdaus is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
60.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
71
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 60.6% of all recorded uses (43).

Is Firdaus 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+7,369
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+8,809
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.40×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (12)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,527
2025

Firdaus around the world

Where Firdaus 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
    1996–2025
    #2,788
    in 2025
  • France
    2021–2025
    #5,757
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2020–2020
    #2,936
    in 2020

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Firdaus by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,527
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 7,369
Best rank ever
#8,527
2025
Peak year
2025
12 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
71
Count in 2025
12

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,631
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#12,631
2025
Peak year
2025
5 that year
First recorded
2025
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Firdaus

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

FirdawsFiraEmmausFirdousFiryalPersaus

Sibling names for Firdaus

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

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