Arfa
Girl · AR-fa · Arabic
Arfa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “highest, most exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Arfa mean?
Arabic: Arabic, via Urdu
“highest, most exalted”
Pakistani prodigy Arfa Karim became the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2004, aged nine.
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Is Arfa a girl's or a boy's name?
Arfa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arfa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,280among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Arfa, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arfa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were given Arfa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,018, up from #1,280 for this spelling alone.
- Arfa 26
- Arfah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales.
Arfa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,280 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,332 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 43 | #934 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Arfa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Arfa, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Arfa in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arfa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Arfa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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