Sufian

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sufian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sufian: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,431 in 2016, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1431highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1761
1998	#2901
1999	#2425
2000	#1552
2001	#1746
2002	#3225
2003	#1771
2004	#1596
2005	#1991
2006	#2870
2007	#1756
2008	#1953
2009	#2318
2010	#1911
2011	#1909
2012	#3987
2013	#1920
2014	#1721
2015	#3908
2016	#1431
2017	#1923
2018	#2693
2019	#1655
2020	#1935
2021	#2301
2022	#2320
2023	#2813
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1431 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sufian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sufian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	78	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	105	10 of 10	11
2020s	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sufian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1431 in England and Wales in 2016.

Sufian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,431, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Sufia · #2152, 12y
Sufiyaan · #2189, 18y
Sufiyan · #1175, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Uthmaan · #1431, 24y
Amilia · #1433, 27y
Juwairiyah · #1433, 26y
Parisa · #1433, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Uthmaan · #1431, 24y
Chayce · #1430, 18y
Amilia · #1433, 27y
Juwairiyah · #1433, 26y

Sufian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sufian without appearing here.

Sufian moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #4685.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Sufian

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1721 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #1902.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1110.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1991 and #1135.

Moved the same way as Sufian

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufian went from #1765 to #2813 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufian went from #1765 to #2813 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufian went from #1765 to #2813 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufian went from #1761 to #2813 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1431 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Sufian at a glance

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Popularity journey

Sufian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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