Sufiyan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sufiyan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,175, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1175highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1761
1998	#1642
2000	#1703
2001	#1949
2002	#2005
2003	#2189
2004	#2304
2005	#1991
2006	#1744
2007	#3095
2008	#1828
2009	#2544
2010	#2036
2011	#3830
2012	#2458
2013	#2403
2014	#2690
2015	#2319
2016	#2804
2017	#1923
2018	#1991
2019	#3013
2020	#2076
2021	#1782
2022	#1420
2023	#1175
2024	#1460

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years 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 #2020 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: #1175 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sufiyan 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 Sufiyan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000s	72	10 of 10	7
2010s	82	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	83	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Sufiyan 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: #1175 in England and Wales in 2023.

Sufiyan'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	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,175, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,460position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

Sufian · #1431, 29y
Sufiyaan · #2189, 18y
Sufyaan · #534, 29y
Sufyan · #678, 29y

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.

Ellie-Marie · #1176, 23y
Hanifah · #1176, 29y
Ione · #1176, 29y
Koray · #1174, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ellie-Marie · #1176, 23y
Hanifah · #1176, 29y
Ione · #1176, 29y
Iqbal · #1174, 17y

Sufiyan 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 Sufiyan without appearing here.

Sufiyan moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2319 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2804 and #4810.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Sufiyan

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #1440.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1347.
Hudson Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1703 and #1889 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1949 and #1202.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1761 and #1174.

Moved the opposite way to Sufiyan

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufiyan went from #2020 to #1175 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufiyan went from #2020 to #1175 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufiyan went from #2020 to #1175 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.

Moved the same way as Sufiyan

Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufiyan went from #2020 to #3013 and Shannon from #1168 to #4702.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sufiyan went from #3095 to #1460 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

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: #1175 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sufiyan

Sufiyan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sufiyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Sufiyan at a glance

Sufiyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sufiyan and the names beside it

Sufiyan moved ahead of

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