Safwan — #2457 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Safwan

The Social Security Administration has registered 893 babies named Safwan between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Safwan currently holds the #2457 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Safwan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 390 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Safwan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Safwan in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Safwan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 893 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.