Arafah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-ra-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Arafah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Arafah mean?
Arabic: from the plain of Arafat near Mecca
Named after the plain of Arafat near Mecca, where pilgrims stand in prayer on the Day of Arafah during the Hajj.
Is Arafah a girl's or a boy's name?
Arafah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arafah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Arafah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arafah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Arafah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
Names like Arafah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Ayah Aaliyah Abeeha Aafiyah Safa Ruqayyah Aaminah Azeemah Zainab Amira Aakifah
Names related to Arafah
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, “Arafah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arafah, updated 20 October 2026.