Saifan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAY-fan
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Saifan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
Where does Saifan come from?
Arabic: probably from sayf, sword
Is Saifan a girl's or a boy's name?
Saifan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saifan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Saifan, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 21 boys.
2025 had more boys named Saifan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Saifan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Saifan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
How popular is Saifan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Saifan, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Saifan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saifan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
Names like Saifan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Zayan Muhammad Musa Zayd Azaan Zayyan Abdulrahman Rayyan Hamza Abdullah Yazan
Names related to Saifan
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, “Saifan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saifan, updated 20 October 2026.