Fareed is a distinctive choice, ranked #2444 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Fareed in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2444
About the Name Fareed
Fareed is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 2164 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1507 in 2012 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Fareed 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 Fareed
Unlikely. With around 9 UK babies named Fareed per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Fareed in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Fareed is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 2164 places over the last five years to #2444 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Fareed 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 Fareed include: Fareed Ahmed — Fareed Ahmed is a field hockey player from Pakistan.; Fareed Sadat — Fareed Sadat is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League club Bhayangkara Presisi and the Afghanistan national team.; Fareed Ullah — Fareed Ullah Khan is a Pakistani professional footballer who plays as a forward for WAPDA, and the Pakistan national team..
Fareed does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Fareeds in the wild.
9
UK babies named Fareed (2024)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 2164 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Fareed
Likely around 1 other Fareed in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Fareed
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Fareed Sadat is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League club Bhayangkara Presisi and the Afghanistan national team. Born in Afghanistan, Sadat represented Finland at youth international level before switching to represent Afghanistan at senior level.
Ghulam Fariduddin Ayaz Al-Hussaini Qawwal is a Pakistani Sufi devotional singer. He belongs to the well-known family of Qawwals, known as the Qawwal Bacchon ka Gharana of Delhi.
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-born American journalist, political commentator, and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post.
Fareed Lafta (Arabic: فريد لفتة) is an Iraqi pilot and athlete, and has appeared in Guinness World Records for participating in the first skydive above Mount Everest.
Fareed Express (Urdu: فرید ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Lahore. The trip takes approximately 26 hours and 45 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,250 kilometres (780 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line.