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How popular is the name Faisal?
Births per year, rank history and how many Faisals are alive today.
Faisal (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1613th in 2025 and given to 16 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 78 babies were given the name, the 312th most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2025 figure is roughly 21% of its peak.
The Faisal you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Faisals born in England and Wales are between 18 and 32, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Faisal - on average, only one in every 217 such rooms contains a Faisal.
How many babies are named Faisal each year?
Where does Faisal rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Faisal most popular?
Faisal peaked in 1997, when 78 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Faisal?
At least 1,400 people named Faisal born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Faisal?
Most living Faisals are between 18 and 32; the most common age is about 30.
Is Faisal becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak.