Given name & surname
Faheem
“to understand”
Faheem is a masculine given name from Arabic, meaning “to understand.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Faheem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 808
- 808 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,168 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,168 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 927 as a first name in 2020; 475 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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