Sinan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sih-NAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Sinan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “spearhead”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Sinan mean?
Arabic: from Arabic sinan
“spearhead”
Mimar Sinan was the chief architect of the Ottoman Empire and designed Istanbul's Suleymaniye Mosque.
Is Sinan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sinan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sinan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Sinan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Sinan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sinan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Sinan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Sinan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Sinan, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had more boys named Sinan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Sinan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sinan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Sinan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rayan Yahya Ayaan Ayman Ronan Arjan Sultan Rayyan Rowan Subhan Muhammad Zayan
Names related to Sinan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza 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, “Sinan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sinan, updated 20 October 2026.