Aafia
Girl · Urdu
Aafia is a girls' name of Urdu origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Aafia mean?
Urdu
A female given name from Urdu.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aafia a girl's or a boy's name?
Aafia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aafia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Aafia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aafia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were given Aafia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,037, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Afia 21
- Aafia 6
- Aphia 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Aafia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
Names like Aafia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Aaliyah Amira Zainab Ayah Nusaybah Hafsa Safiya Hiba Khadija Ruqayyah
Other spellings of Aafia
Names related to Aafia
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