Arif
Boy · AA-rif · Arabic
Arif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “knowing, wise”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Arif mean?
Arabic
“knowing, wise”
In Sufism an arif is a gnostic, one who knows God through inner experience.
- Say it
- AA-rif
Is Arif a girl's or a boy's name?
Arif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Arif, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 34 boys.
Half of all the boys named Arif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Arif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 34 | #823 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 30 | #807 |
| 2003 | 28 | #808 |
| 2002 | 29 | #733 |
| 2001 | 27 | #728 |
| 2000 | 33 | #620 |
| 1999 | 26 | #717 |
| 1998 | 24 | #749 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
How popular is Arif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Arif, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Arif in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
Names like Arif
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