Sufian — #5340 US boys' name
189 babies named Sufian in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Sufian was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Sufian in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sufian
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Sufian between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sufian currently holds the #5340 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sufian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sufian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sufian in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sufian 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 189 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.
Sufian at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Sufian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #5340 among boys.
189 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 18 births in a single year.
Sufian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 77 births that decade — 41% of Sufian's all-time total
Sufian decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sufian's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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 | 2.6% |
5 of 189 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.