Hafsa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAF-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #208 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,452 for girls
Hafsa is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 208th for girls in the UK (260 babies) and 1,452nd for girls in the US (148 babies).
What does Hafsa mean?
Arabic
Borne by Hafsa bint Umar, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad who kept an early written copy of the Quran.
Is Hafsa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hafsa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 260 girls in the UK and 148 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hafsa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #208among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 260about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 260 girls in the UK were named Hafsa, making it the 208th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 295th.
2025 had the most girls named Hafsa of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Hafsa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 332 girls in the UK were given Hafsa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #193, up from #208 for this spelling alone.
- Hafsa 260
- Hafsah 72
Among girls in 2025, it was 201st in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.
Hafsa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 260 | #208 |
| 2024 | 222 | #235 |
| 2023 | 225 | #228 |
| 2022 | 201 | #255 |
| 2021 | 209 | #254 |
| 2020 | 178 | #295 |
| 2019 | 182 | #295 |
| 2018 | 164 | #317 |
| 2017 | 182 | #292 |
| 2016 | 187 | #296 |
| 2015 | 165 | #317 |
| 2014 | 215 | #253 |
| 2013 | 219 | #248 |
| 2012 | 228 | #243 |
| 2011 | 217 | #257 |
| 2010 | 216 | #258 |
| 2009 | 191 | #274 |
| 2008 | 186 | #286 |
| 2007 | 168 | #306 |
| 2006 | 165 | #306 |
| 2005 | 148 | #316 |
| 2004 | 149 | #312 |
| 2003 | 120 | #342 |
| 2002 | 110 | #350 |
| 2001 | 104 | #356 |
| 2000 | 82 | #425 |
| 1999 | 113 | #329 |
| 1998 | 83 | #420 |
| 1997 | 74 | #459 |
| 1996 | 75 | #444 |
How popular is Hafsa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,452among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 148about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 148 girls in the US were named Hafsa, making it the 1,452nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,860th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 151 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Hafsa in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were given Hafsa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,145, up from #1,452 for this spelling alone.
- Hafsa 148
- Hafsah 29
Hafsa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148 | #1,452 |
| 2024 | 142 | #1,520 |
| 2023 | 151 | #1,462 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,720 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,630 |
| 2020 | 104 | #1,860 |
| 2019 | 93 | #2,043 |
| 2018 | 108 | #1,869 |
| 2017 | 111 | #1,842 |
| 2016 | 110 | #1,865 |
| 2015 | 102 | #1,964 |
| 2014 | 113 | #1,804 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,859 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,216 |
| 2010 | 93 | #2,118 |
| 2009 | 78 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,419 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Hafsa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hiba Zainab Ayah Aaliyah Amira Huda Khadija Rahma Halima Ayra Abeeha
Other spellings of Hafsa
Names related to Hafsa
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza 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, “Hafsa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hafsa, updated 20 October 2026.