Rizwan
Masculine · “acceptance”
Rizwan is the angel who keeps the gate of paradise, and it is also an ordinary Arabic word for approval or good pleasure — specifically God's satisfaction with a person, which in Islamic thought is the highest thing that can be attained. Its American peak is 1987, following South Asian migration.
How old is the name Rizwan?
Rizwan first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Rizwan alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 500 people named Rizwan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rizwan most popular?
Rizwan peaked in 1987, reaching #2942 nationally. Today it ranks #6143, 3,201 places below that high. See the whole 1987 chart.
Where it comes from
From rida to Rizwan
The story of Rizwan
The z in Rizwan is a good illustration of how transliteration follows local pronunciation rather than the original. Arabic has a letter, dad, that is unique to it — Arabic is sometimes called the language of the dad — and it is pronounced as an emphatic d. Persian, Urdu and Turkish speakers, whose languages lack the sound, say it as a z, and their transliterations follow: Ramadan becomes Ramzan, Rida becomes Riza, Ridwan becomes Rizwan. So a South Asian spelling of an Arabic name will regularly look quite different from a Levantine one, and both are correct for their communities.
Meaning
acceptance; God's good pleasure
From the Arabic root r-d-w, giving rida and ridwan, meaning approval, contentment and good pleasure. In the Quran the ridwan of God is described as greater than the gardens of paradise themselves. In later Islamic tradition Ridwan is the name of the angel who guards the gates of heaven. The transliteration Rizwan reflects South Asian pronunciation, where the Arabic letter dad is said as a z.
How the name formed
- rida
- Ridwan
- Rizwan
Related forms: Ridwan · Rizwan · Rizvan · Ridwan
Pronouncing Rizwan
RIZ-wahn
Two syllables, stress on the first in South Asian usage, with a full a in the second. Arabic Ridwan puts the stress at the end and uses the emphatic d. English readers reach the South Asian version correctly on sight.
Nicknames for Rizwan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 202230 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2942reached in 1987
- Change vs 2024
- −39.1%14 in 2025, from 23
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rizwan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ridwan in Arabic — spelling variant
- Rizwan in Urdu — same name
- Rizvan in Turkish — related form
- Ridwan in Indonesian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California.
Rizwans among us
people named Rizwan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 122,005 born in 2025 was named Rizwan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Reginaldo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rizwan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Reginaldo climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Reginaldo's path sketches the road Rizwan is walking now.
Rizwan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Rizwan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rizwan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is theologically substantial and expressible in a few words.
- Riz is a short, distinctive nickname already in use.
- The spelling is stable across Urdu and English usage.
- Rizwan and Ridwan are the same name in different transliterations.
- It has a clear religious frame, which is a strength or a consideration depending on the family.
- It is rare in the United States and will be spelled out routinely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rizwans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Rizwan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rizwan in 2025?
- Rizwan ranks #6143 among US boy names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rizwan?
- About 1 in every 122,005 US boys born in 2025 was named Rizwan — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rizwan with classmates?
- Rizwan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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