Afiya
Girl · AA-fee-ya · Arabic
Afiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good health, wellbeing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Afiya mean?
Arabic: from Arabic afiya
“good health, wellbeing”
The same Arabic word gave Swahili afya, 'health'.
- Say it
- AA-fee-ya
Is Afiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Afiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Afiya, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Afiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Afiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Afiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Afiya, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had the most girls named Afiya of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Afiya in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Afiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Names like Afiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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