girl's name

Faiza

  • Origin Arabic
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 5,740

Scotland

#623

2001 births

Faiza is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 35 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Faiza is a name of Arabic origin.
  • Peaked in France in 1980, when 100 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 29,475 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1957.

Faiza over time

Births per decade in France, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Faiza by decade in France
Decade Births
1950s 15
1960s 150
1970s 530
1980s 840
1990s 605
2000s 465
2010s 360
2020s (to 2025) 165

How popular is Faiza?

In 2025, Faiza was given to 20 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Faiza is used

Scotland #623 4 in 2001
Ireland #714 5 in 2025
England & Wales #972 37 in 2025
France as Faïza #1,499 40 in 2025
Canada #1,964 12 in 2024
United States #4,168 35 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Faiza is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Faïza Faïza is Faiza written with a diaeresis, used in France, where it ranks #1,499. 690

Names that peaked alongside Faiza

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Faiza also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Faiza over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Faiza in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Fiza

Sibling names for Faiza

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Faiza — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Faiza

How popular is the name Faiza?

In 2025, Faiza was given to 20 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Faiza a girl's or a boy's name?

Faiza is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Faiza most popular?

Faiza peaked in 1980, when 100 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Faiza a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Faiza currently ranks #714 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.