Haifa
Girl · HY-fa · Arabic
Haifa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “slender, graceful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Haifa mean?
Arabic: from Arabic Hayfa
“slender, graceful”
A classical Arabic word for a slender woman, unrelated to the name of the Israeli city of Haifa.
- Say it
- HY-fa
Is Haifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Haifa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haifa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Haifa, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Haifa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Haifa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 2 | #6,264 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Haifa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Haifa, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had more girls named Haifa than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Haifa in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haifa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Haifa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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