Sufian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soof-YAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Sufian is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Sufian mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sufyan
A spelling of Sufyan, borne by Sufyan al-Thawri, an influential 8th-century Muslim scholar of Kufa.
Is Sufian a girl's or a boy's name?
Sufian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sufian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Sufian, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 18 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Sufian than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Sufian 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.
In 2025, 68 boys in the UK were given Sufian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #567, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Sufian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Sufian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Sufian, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Sufian in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were given Sufian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,688, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Sufian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
Names like Sufian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Zayan Muhammad Musa Zayd Rayyan Azaan Hamza Zayyan Abdullah Umar Arham
Other spellings of Sufian
Names related to Sufian
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, “Sufian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sufian, updated 20 October 2026.