Sufiyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-fee-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,257 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Sufiyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,257th for boys in the UK (24 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Sufiyan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sufyan
Sufyan al-Thawri was a renowned 8th-century hadith scholar and jurist of Kufa.
Is Sufiyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sufiyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sufiyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,257th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 144% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were named Sufiyan, making it the 1,257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sufiyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales.
Sufiyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,257 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Sufiyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,948th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Sufiyan, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had the most boys named Sufiyan of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Sufiyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sufiyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Sufiyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Huzaifa, Abdullah, Zayd, Zayyan, Musa, Mustafa, Azaan, Hamza, Abdulrahman
Names related to Sufiyan
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, “Sufiyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sufiyan, updated 20 October 2026.