Aafiya
Girl · aa-FEE-ya · Arabic
Aafiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good health, wellbeing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Aafiya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Afiya
“good health, wellbeing”
Afiya, meaning wellbeing and protection from harm, is a blessing Muslims often ask for in everyday prayers.
- Say it
- aa-FEE-ya
Is Aafiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Aafiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aafiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Aafiya, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 20 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aafiya than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Aafiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 girls in the UK were given Aafiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #524, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Aafiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Aafiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Aafiya, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the girls named Aafiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aafiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
Names like Aafiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha Safa Nusaybah Safiya Afiya Aaliyah Ruqayyah Hafsa Ayah Safaa Rahma Sumayyah
Other spellings of Aafiya
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