Farouk
Farooq is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Farouk
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Farooq is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Farouk
American parents first put Farouk on the record books as a baby boy name in 1979, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 14 Farouks were born — ranking #5,997 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Farouks. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (10 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 271 Farouks have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Farouk
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About the name Farouk
Farouk is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 271 births in the dataset. Farouk's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #5,997. Use the chart and map above to compare Farouk's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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