Arafat
Boy · a-ra-FAAT · Arabic
Arafat is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Arafat mean?
Arabic: from Mount Arafat near Mecca
Pilgrims gather on Mount Arafat on the most important day of the Hajj, the Day of Arafah.
- Say it
- a-ra-FAAT
Is Arafat a girl's or a boy's name?
Arafat is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arafat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Arafat, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Arafat of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Arafat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Arafat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Arafat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Arafat, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had more boys named Arafat than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Arafat in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arafat in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
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