# Sufyan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sufyan/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 646 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 646 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,012, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سفيان (sufyān).

## 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 | 17 | 5,401 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,514 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,295 |
| 2014 | 35 | 3,214 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,763 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,528 |
| 2017 | 31 | 3,577 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,294 |
| 2019 | 25 | 4,214 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,801 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,908 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,145 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,433 |
| 2024 | 46 | 2,824 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,252 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 681 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 41 | 765 |
| 2015 | 41 | 779 |
| 2016 | 37 | 858 |
| 2017 | 45 | 761 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 41 | 768 |
| 2020 | 36 | 829 |
| 2021 | 36 | 854 |
| 2022 | 33 | 925 |
| 2023 | 37 | 857 |
| 2024 | 51 | 702 |
| 2025 | 43 | 771 |

## 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.