Akifah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-ki-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Akifah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “devoted; dedicated to worship”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Akifah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aakifah; feminine of Aakif
“devoted; dedicated to worship”
From the same Arabic root as i'tikaf, the practice of staying in a mosque for devotion.
Meaning borrowed from Aakifah.
Is Akifah a girl's or a boy's name?
Akifah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akifah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Akifah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Akifah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Akifah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Aakifah 15
- Akifah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Akifah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
Names like Akifah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Nusaybah Sumayyah Azeemah Safa Aaminah Aafiyah Umaymah Ruqayyah Umamah Farah Ammarah
Other spellings of Akifah
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Akifah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akifah, updated 20 October 2026.