Faiz is a distinctive choice, ranked #1675 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Faiz in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1675
About the Name Faiz
Faiz is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 260 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #954 in 2005 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Faiz is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Faiz
Unlikely. With around 15 UK babies named Faiz per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Faiz in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Faiz is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 260 places over the last five years to #1675 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Faiz is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Faiz include: Mujtaba Faiz — Mujtaba Faiz is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Shaheen Asmayee in the Afghan Premier League.; Faiz Sucuoğlu — Faiz Sucuoğlu is a Turkish Cypriot politician who was the prime minister of Northern Cyprus from 5 November 2021 to 12 May 2022.; Faiz Ali Faiz — Faiz Ali Faiz is a Pakistani qawwali singer..
Faiz does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Faizs in the wild.
15
UK babies named Faiz (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 260 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Faiz
Likely around 1 other Faiz in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Faiz
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Chaudhry Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani poet and author of Urdu and Punjabi literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his works and ideas remain widely influential in Pakistan, India and beyond.
Alys Faiz was a Pakistani poet, writer, journalist, human rights activist, social worker and a teacher. Alys was born in London, but she later became a naturalized citizen of Pakistan.
Faiz Hameed HI(M) (Punjabi and Urdu: فیض حمید) is on duty military officer of the Pakistan Army who served as the 29th Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence from 2019 to 2021. He was formerly commissioned in the Baloch Regiment having served as GOC 16th Infantry Division Pano Akil.