Afifa
Girl · a-FEE-fa · Arabic
Afifa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “chaste, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Afifa mean?
Arabic: feminine of Afif
“chaste, virtuous”
Feminine form of Afif, from the Arabic root for chastity and decency.
- Say it
- a-FEE-fa
Is Afifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Afifa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afifa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Afifa, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Afifa of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Afifa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Afifa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
- Afifa 11
- Afifah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Afifa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Afifa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Afifa, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Afifa in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Afifa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Afifa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Hafsa Aaliyah Hiba Nusaybah Amira Rahma Ayah Zainab Rumaysa Halima
Other spellings of Afifa
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