Affan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- af-FAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,102 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Affan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Affan mean?
Arabic
Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph of Islam, was the son of a man named Affan.
Is Affan a girl's or a boy's name?
Affan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Affan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,102nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Affan, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 38 boys.
Half of all the boys named Affan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales.
Affan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,048 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 38 | #901 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,025 |
| 2014 | 34 | #948 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,040 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Affan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Affan, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer boys named Affan than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Affan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Affan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
Names like Affan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Muhammad, Zayan, Azaan, Abdullah, Abdulrahman, Musa, Ahmed, Zayd, Hamza, Abdurrahman, Arham
Names related to Affan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Affan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/affan, updated 20 October 2026.