Boys' name · since 1994
Sufian
Sufian has 200 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,961 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,421 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 200
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sufian currently ranks #7421 among boys' names in America, with 200 babies recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Sufian recorded 200 times among boys since 1994, holding rank #7421 nationally today, ahead of 47% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #12,961 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,421 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 200 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sufian ranks #12,961 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,421 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 200 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,961 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,421 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 200
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sufian's 200 recorded births place it above 71.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Sufian compares
200 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sufian's all-time total is 46% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sufian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 200 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sufian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sufian's full recorded timeline at 2015, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sufian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Sufian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Sufian's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Sufian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (41% of all-time use).
Sufian by state
Where Sufian concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 200 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Sufians (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sufian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sufian draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.