Sofiane
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sof-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Sofiane is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Sofiane mean?
Arabic: French and North African spelling of Sufyan
A spelling of Sufyan common in Algeria, Morocco and France.
Is Sofiane a girl's or a boy's name?
Sofiane 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 Sofiane 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 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Sofiane, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sofiane in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. 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.
Sofiane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Sofiane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jesse, Omar, George, Theodore, Jose, Laurence, Stefan, Zidane, Ambrose, Sage, Ezra, Andre
Names related to Sofiane
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sofiane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sofiane, updated 20 October 2026.