Hafiz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAH-fiz
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Hafiz is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “guardian, one who memorises the Qur'an”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Hafiz mean?
Arabic
“guardian, one who memorises the Qur'an”
Also a title for someone who knows the Qur'an by heart; the 14th-century Persian poet Hafez took his pen name from it.
Is Hafiz a girl's or a boy's name?
Hafiz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hafiz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Hafiz, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hafiz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Hafiz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Hafiz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Hafiz, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Hafiz in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hafiz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Hafiz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Musa Zayaan Abdullah Zayd Ahmed Zayan Huzaifa Umar Mustafa Musab
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hafiz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hafiz, updated 20 October 2026.