Haneef
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ha-NEEF
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Haneef is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “true in faith, upright”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Haneef mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Hanif
“true in faith, upright”
In the Qur'an, hanif describes Abraham as a pure monotheist, true to the original faith.
Is Haneef a girl's or a boy's name?
Haneef is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haneef in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Haneef, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Haneef in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Haneef in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Haneef 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 Haneef, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had more boys named Haneef than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Haneef in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haneef in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
Names like Haneef
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Mustafa Umar Musa Amir Khalid Zayd Ibrahim Raheem
Names related to Haneef
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Haneef: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haneef, updated 20 October 2026.