Irfan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ir-FAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Irfan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “knowledge, awareness”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Irfan mean?
Arabic
“knowledge, awareness”
In Sufi and Shia thought, irfan means mystical knowledge of God.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Irfan a girl's or a boy's name?
Irfan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Irfan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Irfan, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 30 boys.
Half of all the boys named Irfan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 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 1,795th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Irfan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,278 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 29 | #997 |
| 2007 | 30 | #935 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Irfan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Irfan, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had the most boys named Irfan of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Irfan in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Irfan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Irfan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Hassan Abdullah Musa Faizan Umar Abdulrahman Zayaan Zayan Mustafa
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, “Irfan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irfan, updated 20 October 2026.