Huzaifa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hu-ZAY-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #466 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Huzaifa is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 466th for boys in the UK (95 babies) and 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Huzaifa mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Hudhayfah
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, was known as the keeper of his secrets.
Is Huzaifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Huzaifa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 boys in the UK and 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huzaifa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 466th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95 about 1 in 3,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the UK were named Huzaifa, making it the 466th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 547th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Huzaifa of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Huzaifa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 135 boys in the UK were given Huzaifa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #363, up from #466 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 422nd in England and Wales.
Huzaifa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #466 |
| 2024 | 90 | #492 |
| 2023 | 76 | #569 |
| 2022 | 69 | #601 |
| 2021 | 69 | #608 |
| 2020 | 77 | #547 |
| 2019 | 48 | #756 |
| 2018 | 36 | #919 |
| 2017 | 37 | #919 |
| 2016 | 42 | #838 |
| 2015 | 34 | #964 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 46 | #779 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 31 | #994 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 23 | #983 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Huzaifa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,449th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Huzaifa, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Huzaifa in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Huzaifa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Huzaifa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Mustafa, Musa, Abdullah, Zayd, Zayaan, Zayan, Umar, Azaan, Ibrahim, Ahmed
Other spellings of Huzaifa
Huzaifah, Huzayfa
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, “Huzaifa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huzaifa, updated 20 October 2026.