Furkan
Furkan is a Turkish masculine given name, which means "criterion, proof, evidence, affirmation, testament". Notable people with the name include:
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Furkan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Furkan is a Turkish masculine given name, which means "criterion, proof, evidence, affirmation, testament". Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Furkan
The earliest SSA record of Furkan as a baby boy name dates back to 1994, when 8 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Furkan — #6,633 in the national rankings. About 44% of every Furkan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Furkan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 140 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Furkan
Furkan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 140 births in the dataset. Furkan's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #6,633. Use the chart and map above to compare Furkan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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