Hafiza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-fi-za
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Hafiza is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “guardian, one who preserves”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Hafiza mean?
Arabic: feminine of Hafiz
“guardian, one who preserves”
Feminine of Hafiz, the title for someone who has memorised the whole Qur'an.
Is Hafiza a girl's or a boy's name?
Hafiza 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 Hafiza in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Hafiza, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hafiza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Hafiza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
Names like Hafiza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba Faiza Humaira Saba Safia Sabiha Fariha Salma Fatma Nafisa Hibah Waziha
Names related to Hafiza
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Hafiza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hafiza, updated 20 October 2026.