Aafiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- aa-FEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Aafiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good health, wellbeing”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Aafiyah 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.
Is Aafiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aafiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aafiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #945among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Aafiyah, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 52 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aafiyah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Aafiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 girls in the UK were given Aafiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #524, up from #945 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.
Aafiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 45 | #873 |
| 2023 | 52 | #747 |
| 2022 | 51 | #772 |
| 2021 | 40 | #945 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Aafiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Aafiyah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the girls named Aafiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aafiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
Names like Aafiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Aaliyah Abeeha Ruqayyah Safa Ayah Sumayyah Aaminah Aasiyah Zainab Safiya Azeemah
Other spellings of Aafiyah
Names related to Aafiyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aafiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aafiyah, updated 20 October 2026.