Alifa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Alifa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendly, companionable”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Alifa mean?
Arabic: from Arabic alif 'familiar, friendly'
“friendly, companionable”
Is Alifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Alifa 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 Alifa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Alifa, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 girls.
2025 had more girls named Alifa than any year since 2008.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Alifa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
Names like Alifa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Hiba, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Amira, Rahma, Halima, Ayah, Nusaybah, Safiya, Aafiyah
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) 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, “Alifa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alifa, updated 20 October 2026.