Afiyah
Girl · aa-FEE-ya · Arabic
Afiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good health, wellbeing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Afiyah 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 Afiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Afiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,217among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Afiyah, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 38 girls.
Half of all the girls named Afiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 girls in the UK were given Afiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #524, up from #1,217 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales.
Afiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Afiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 104% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Afiyah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer girls named Afiyah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Afiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Afiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Names like Afiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Nusaybah Abeeha Ruqayyah Safa Ayah Sumayyah Aaminah Aasiyah Zainab Azeemah Umaymah
Other spellings of Afiyah
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