Tawfiq
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tow-FEEK
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Tawfiq is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “success, divine guidance”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Tawfiq mean?
Arabic: Arabic tawfiq
“success, divine guidance”
The Arabic word for success granted by God; borne by the Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim.
Is Tawfiq a girl's or a boy's name?
Tawfiq is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tawfiq in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 boys.
Tawfiq in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Tawfiq in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Tawfiq, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had more boys named Tawfiq than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Tawfiq in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tawfiq in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Tawfiq
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Musa, Ahmed, Zayan, Abdullah, Zayaan, Zayd, Umar, Mustafa, Rayyan, Azaan
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, “Tawfiq: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tawfiq, updated 20 October 2026.