Given name

Safwaan

Safwaan is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Safwaan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Safwaan through the years

Babies since 1880
64
64 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2016
12 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−44%
Cooling
024682025Highest share 20160.0
Safwaan in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2016.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Safwaan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Samarpan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Sahan

“resembling a falcon”

19Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

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Ridwaan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Mannan

Mannan is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Vishakan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Fawzan

11Very rare

>99% boys

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Cygnus

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>99% boys

Turkish · Modern

Candan

“a sincere man”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Safwaan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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