# Rizwan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rizwan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Urdu |
| Meaning | “angel of paradise” |
| Pronunciation | /ɹɪzˈwɑːn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 535 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 535 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 608, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu رِضْوَان (rizvān), from Arabic رِضْوَان (riḍwān, “angel of Paradise”).

## What it means

Rizwan is grouped under angel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,630 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,945 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,939 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,494 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,424 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,093 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,897 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,037 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,114 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,916 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,510 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,752 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,415 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,535 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,372 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,063 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Rizwan

- Rizwan Manji, Canadian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.