Safwan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- saf-WAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #854 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Safwan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “smooth rock”. In 2025 it ranked 854th for boys in the UK (41 babies) and 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Safwan mean?
Arabic
“smooth rock”
Arabic for a smooth rock, a word used in one of the parables of the Quran.
Is Safwan a girl's or a boy's name?
Safwan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the UK and 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Safwan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #854among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were named Safwan, making it the 854th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 770th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 61 boys.
Half of all the boys named Safwan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 46 boys in the UK were given Safwan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #715, up from #854 for this spelling alone.
- Safwan 41
- Safwaan 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 798th in England and Wales.
Safwan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #854 |
| 2024 | 50 | #757 |
| 2023 | 61 | #650 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 35 | #960 |
| 2020 | 46 | #770 |
| 2019 | 39 | #859 |
| 2018 | 48 | #767 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,010 |
| 2016 | 38 | #902 |
| 2015 | 44 | #794 |
| 2014 | 45 | #773 |
| 2013 | 40 | #843 |
| 2012 | 46 | #779 |
| 2011 | 42 | #810 |
| 2010 | 39 | #837 |
| 2009 | 38 | #839 |
| 2008 | 39 | #806 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 27 | #917 |
| 2004 | 28 | #836 |
| 2003 | 26 | #862 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Safwan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,056among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Safwan, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had the most boys named Safwan of any year since it first appeared, in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Safwan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Safwan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,298 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,261 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Names like Safwan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayan Zayaan Musa Hamza Zayd Rayyan Azaan Abdullah Yazan Ahmed Abdulrahman
Other spellings of Safwan
Names related to Safwan
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, “Safwan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/safwan, updated 20 October 2026.