Sufian comes from the Arabic / Malay tradition, meaning Slender.
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How popular is Sufian?
2024peak year
Today, Sufian is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #7674), with only about 12 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2024, 18 babies were given the name (ranked #5399 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Sufian has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 189 babies have been registered as Sufian since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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