Sufyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soof-YAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #834 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,230 for boys
Sufyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 834th for boys in the UK (43 babies) and 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Sufyan mean?
Arabic
Borne by Sufyan al-Thawri, an influential 8th-century Muslim scholar of Kufa.
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Is Sufyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sufyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the UK and 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sufyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #834among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 7,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the UK were named Sufyan, making it the 834th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 876th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 51 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sufyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 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 Sufyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #567, up from #834 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 771st in England and Wales.
Sufyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #834 |
| 2024 | 51 | #748 |
| 2023 | 37 | #930 |
| 2022 | 35 | #949 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 37 | #876 |
| 2019 | 42 | #815 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,067 |
| 2017 | 47 | #796 |
| 2016 | 38 | #902 |
| 2015 | 42 | #825 |
| 2014 | 41 | #830 |
| 2013 | 47 | #758 |
| 2012 | 39 | #873 |
| 2011 | 48 | #737 |
| 2010 | 38 | #848 |
| 2009 | 40 | #797 |
| 2008 | 45 | #734 |
| 2007 | 37 | #812 |
| 2006 | 27 | #959 |
| 2005 | 38 | #742 |
| 2004 | 33 | #763 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 18 | #978 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 18 | #930 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 24 | #741 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Sufyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Sufyan, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had the most boys named Sufyan of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Sufyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were given Sufyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,688, up from #2,230 for this spelling alone.
Sufyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
Names like Sufyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayan Zayaan Musa Rayyan Hamza Zayd Azaan Abdullah Ahmed Umar Arham
Other spellings of Sufyan
Names related to Sufyan
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, “Sufyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sufyan, updated 20 October 2026.