Furqan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fur-KAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Furqan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “criterion between right and wrong”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Furqan mean?
Arabic
“criterion between right and wrong”
Al-Furqan, 'the Criterion', is the title of the 25th surah of the Qur'an and a name for the Qur'an itself.
Is Furqan a girl's or a boy's name?
Furqan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Furqan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Furqan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 11 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Furqan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Furqan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Furqan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Furqan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Furqan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Furqan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Furqan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Faizan, Zayan, Zayaan, Hamza, Rayyan, Ahmed, Musa, Abdullah, Azaan, Yazan, Abdulrahman
Names related to Furqan
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, “Furqan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/furqan, updated 20 October 2026.