Boys' name · since 1988

Tawfiq

Tawfiq has 110 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#16,824 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,184 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
110
born since 1988
2010s
peak decade

Tawfiq currently ranks #9184 among boys' names in America, with 110 babies recorded since 1988.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tawfiq has been recorded 110 times among boys since 1988, currently ranked #9184 nationally and more common than 34% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.

  • #16,824 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,184 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 110 born since 1988
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tawfiq ranks #16,824 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,184 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 110 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.

#16,824 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,184 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
110
born since 1988
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%34%
Tawfiq vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Tawfiq's 110 recorded births place it above 62.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Tawfiq compares

110 27th 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

Tawfiq's all-time total is 70% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Tawfiq Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 110 369 358,536
Peak-year births 8 34 22,252

Tawfiq's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Tawfiq's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Tawfiq popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2004)
8
Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
456789 1988200220092012201620212025 8

Tawfiq by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 46% of the file).

2010s was Tawfiq's strongest decade.

51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.

Tawfiq births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (46% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tawfiq?
110 babies have been named Tawfiq since 1988. All-time, it sits at #16,824 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #9,184 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2004 with 8 births.
Where does Tawfiq sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tawfiq ranks #16,824 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,184 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tawfiq most popular?
Tawfiq was most popular in the 2010s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Tawfiq been used?
The SSA has tracked Tawfiq since 1988 -- 38 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Tawfiq?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tawan, Tawhid, Tawon, Tawn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Tawfiq's data

  • Tawfiq's decade-level peak was the 2010s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Tawfiq

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Tawfiq: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1988–2025 (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 Tawfiq 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.