NameTides

Sufyan

Sufyan was the #2,230 boys' name in the US in 2025 (63 babies), and #771 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Sufyan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sufyan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Sufyan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,230 (63)#771 (43)#1,642 (13)
2024#2,789 (46)#702 (51)#1,764 (11)
2023#5,255 (18)#857 (37)#1,592 (12)
2022#3,100 (39)#925 (33)#1,415 (14)
2021#4,780 (20)#854 (36)#2,061 (8)
2020#3,734 (28)#829 (36)#2,197 (7)
2019#4,114 (25)#768 (41)#2,440 (6)
2018#3,240 (35)#1,013 (28)#1,334 (14)
2017#3,518 (31)#761 (45)#1,720 (10)
2016#5,318 (17)#858 (37)#2,182 (7)
2015#3,684 (29)#779 (41)#1,681 (10)
2014#3,154 (35)#765 (41)#2,371 (6)
2013#4,180 (23)#692 (47)#1,551 (11)
2012#4,390 (22)#821 (38)#1,781 (9)
2011#5,200 (17)#681 (47)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,230.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sufyan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 52,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sufyan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sufyan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Sufyan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SufyanCanadaBoys#1,64213
SufyanEngland & WalesBoys#77143
SufyanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SufyanUSBoys#2,23063