Afia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-fee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Afia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good health, wellbeing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Afia mean?
Arabic: spelling of Afiya; also an Akan day name
“good health, wellbeing”
As an Akan day name, Afia (or Afua) is given to girls born on a Friday.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Afia a girl's or a boy's name?
Afia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Afia, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 35 girls.
Half of all the girls named Afia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were given Afia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,037, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
- Afia 21
- Aafia 6
- Aphia 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Afia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,216 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Afia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Afia, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Afia in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Afia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Names like Afia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Zainab Abeeha Amira Ayah Hafsa Safiya Hiba Sumayyah Ruqayyah Nusaybah
Other spellings of Afia
Names related to Afia
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Afia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/afia, updated 20 October 2026.